Nuthatch?

Not seen one of these at the garden feeder before. Quite nice to see a different Bird which after a search I believe is a Nuthatch. The photo has a huge crop this is the bottom left hand corner approx 25%

[Janet B.]

Yes, a Red-breasted Nuthatch! What a thrill for you to see a new species at your place! They are not common here; but a few Winters ago, some showed up in our area. A shortage of food up north forced them southward into our range that Winter, and all of us birdlovers were delighted!

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Mark Prince]

Lucky you. Yes its a Nuthatch and wonderful to get it in your garden, keep the feeders full, and he should return. Once they find a feeder they do tend to use it time after time. They are not that fussy, but seem to like peanuts, sunflower seeds and sunflower hearts.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

@markp thanks Mark, must be the sunflower seeds then.

[gloria jones]

Neat capture

[carol white]

A super capture and great visitor to your garden. Fav!! 😃

[Margaret Brown]

What a fantastic catch, nice crop

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Excellent capture.

[Graham Thresher]

Yes and a fabulous capture.

[Hazel]

Great - look forward to some more shots. Your camera gives good quality for a big crop.

[Leana Niemand]

You did well Jo.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Great capture of this rare bird.

[Sally Ings]

A sweet looking bird

[Beryl Lloyd]

A beautifully captured nuthatch ! and a great visitor to find in your garden !

[Erika]

Looks a bit like a Kookaburra. Great shot!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot.

[Mary]

Amazing bird and great capture!

[Kim]

Nice capture!

[Maggiemae]

Very good focus as this is cropped so much. He's a cute wee bird - not much of a tail!

[Lynne Hart]

Great shot, how wonderful to have him visit your bird feeder.

[Anna]

Nice capture! It's fun to see new birds. :)

[sally agnew]

Nice shot, love his apricot coloured plumage :)

[wendy frost]

How wonderful to have a new visitor to your feeders. Great shot and little bird

[Milanie]

Neat little guy. They don't stay still very long usually to get a shot.

[Carren]

Nice clear shot!!!

[Stephanie Swift]

Very interesting bird!

[Lois]

Cool colors

[Taffy]

What a great closeup of the bird -- we can see so many details in its feathers and face.

[Sylvia du Toit]

You were lucky. Thanks for sharing.

[alia_801]

Lovely capture! They're so speedy - all my attempts to photograph them last year resulted in blurs!

[Osia Strasner]

Looks like a tiny guy! Wonderful capture!

[Anja]

Great capture!

[Claire]

Great catch

[Andy]

Only seen one once in my garden but have seen young ones in the woods, they nested in a woodpeckers hole in a tree!