eurasian nuthatch

Angry mood

Eurasian Nuthatch , Sitta europaea

Nuhatch on peanut feeder, taken from hide at RSPB reserve. Very confiding, very active on what was a cold but sunny winter's day.

Nuthatch

Clearly no longer paying attention to the insects on that field trip ;) In fact, I think he was calling out something about taking a snack break, having discovered that I'd filled the feeders.

Nuthatches, on the other hand, aren't seen in my garden every year, let alone every day. Last Fall I did get a pair of them visiting, but they haven't seen them here for some weeks now.

Photo taken during playing "Hide & Seek" with an Eurasian nuthatch.

The pond isn't the only "hot spot" at Ringve. From October through April, there's also a feeder array in a little clearing in the wooded gully, with a viewing gallery at the top of the slope.

Another shot from up at the cabin today. This nutter was taking the classic nutter pose to the extreme, perhaps as a commentary on what's going on in the world these days. I thought it might give some of you a chuckle (and we could all use an extra chuckle in these corona times).

I did also get shots of these birds sitting still on the trees or the feeders. I'll get back to those eventually.

this nutter was hanging upside down on the feeder with a fixed look which they do before flying off; except he didnt fly, he waited until I got the camera from the study....

This Nuthatch popped up all of a sudden on a branch right in front of me. I got this one snap, then he (I think this is a male, with only a small bit of red towards the tail ...?) took off again. But I guess for once one shot was enough - for both of us. Sorry I'm not caught up browsing. We had...

I think this is the male; hard to tell but Mr and Mrs are on the feeder more than a dozen times a day. Mostly they are upside down invisible from the house but not this time ...

not often we catch Mr & Mrs on the peanuts and never seen the white and orange markings under the tail-feathers so clearly before

Peanuts taste good from any angle.

Peanuts taste good from any angle.

a kitchen window shot; this nuthatch and partner come to the peanuts every day, sometimes but only rarely together. Mostly they are upside-down away from the house; this morning he stopped before take-off.

These guys zip to the feeder then off again, lickedy-split. Yet, somehow in those lightning-fast visits they manage to fill their substantial craws before taking off and can empty even our big drain-pipe feeder in a surprisingly short amount of time ;)

... to chase off that squirrel. He's such a greedy pig!

Eurasian Nuthatch photographed in the woods near the House