Nuts by cjwhite

Nuts

Nuthatches are named for their habit of wedging seeds and nuts into crevices and hacking them open with their bills. I saw this lady Nuthatch hacking away on a seed today. I think she raided a Chickadee's stash. :0)

Thank you for your kind comments and faves on yesterday's pics!!! :0)
Beautiful bird
January 5th, 2013  
Nice combination of textures here - and love the colors contrast. As always, your detail is great.
January 5th, 2013  
Great capture...don't you love how they travel upside down all the time! The blue jays and starlings raid the chickadee and nuthatch stashes out here!
January 5th, 2013  
perfect capture as always!
January 5th, 2013  
How are the sexes distinguished?
January 5th, 2013  
i really like the composition of this photo.
great colours and textures too.
January 5th, 2013  
Great shot!
January 5th, 2013  
@mej2011 The male has a black cap and the female has a dark gray cap. :0)
January 5th, 2013  
@cjwhite
Thanks for the tip! I've not really noticed a difference in my yard. Then again, I see the Red Breasted more than anything.
January 5th, 2013  
Simply gorgeous, Carolyn. Beautiful capture, pov and textures!!
January 5th, 2013  
So adorable!
January 5th, 2013  
Caz
Fantastic shot , fav :)
January 5th, 2013  
Vee
Beautiful shot! I have tried so hard and without success to capture a shot of this bird!
January 5th, 2013  
there must be an irate chickadee you can capture next.
January 5th, 2013  
Oh, this looks so much better viewed large.
January 5th, 2013  
So very pretty shot of the nuthatch!
January 5th, 2013  
Beautiful capture. I think this might be the best capture of a nuthatch I have seen. A fav.
January 5th, 2013  
Fantastic capture. Love that bark. I will have to look to see if we have nuthatches here. He is beautiful.
January 5th, 2013  
Beautiful photo!
January 5th, 2013  
I love these little guys
January 5th, 2013  
oh well done you fantastic photo never seen a picture of a nuthatch before thank you
January 5th, 2013  
Like I was saying in Facebook about this....love the angle of this., and how she is looking at you.,
January 5th, 2013  
Smart little crackers, aren't they?
January 5th, 2013  
Great capture Carolyn and thanks for that little tidbit of info to go with it
January 5th, 2013  
Fab shot! Although they hang around with Chickadees, they are quite a bit shyer. One brave little one actually came and ate from my hand before Christmas - that was a thrill!
January 5th, 2013  
Super capture!!
January 5th, 2013  
Greetings from Cambridge UK. I've just joined the community and plan to buy a lens with a longer focal length for bird photography shortly. A superb shot of the nuthatch complimented by the tree itself. Great!
January 5th, 2013  
Very clever Carolyn!
January 5th, 2013  
I love this! I have a lot of these little guys who hang out at my front feeder all day.
January 5th, 2013  
I wanted to let you know we do have them and I saw one today.
January 6th, 2013  
Awesome photo! I love the texture of the tree!
January 6th, 2013  
I too am a bird fanatic! Nice capture of the White Breasted Nuthatch!
January 11th, 2013  
BEAUTIFUL shot. This is such a marvelous capture, and the tree bark is the perfect background.
January 13th, 2013  
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