white-breasted nuthatch

The tree was entirely lost to a recent ice storm, worst in 20 years, but the branch was salvaged & put to good use.

last available light this March 2nd.

Late afternoon

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At Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC

The White-breasted Nuthatch always seems "happy" to me! This energetic, curious and friendly little bird visits daily. He makes me smile.

White breasted nuthatch Canon EOS 7D Mark II Apertureƒ/8 Focal length700.0 mm Exposure time1/1250 ISO800

If what goes up must come down, then certainly what goes down must at some point have gone up. Whatever the rules this one was following, I was chuffed to see another White-breasted Nuthatch, and get an even better shot this time.

The one addition to my trip list was this White-breasted Nuthatch. It's not every trip I see one of these, so this one was a treat.

I was watching the smaller nuthatch, which appears to be a red-breasted nuthatch though it lacks a distinctive dark eye line, when the noticeably larger white-breasted nuthatch flew in and confronted it. The little guy didn't give up its prize and flew away with it.

Shot through the window, and in fact most of the ones I will post in the coming days are from inside out.

One of the more trusting birds that comes to the feeder.

yesterday I posted its cousin, the Red-breasted.

One of the common birds around the feeder and one of the many that shows no difference in sex.

That silly peanut butter is a mess to clean up!

Taken on the deck. This nuthatch likes to crack open its seeds here.

It seems that each year there are more and more of this nuthatch.

I found that this nuthatch can become quite tame around the feeders.

This bird could easily get the same seed from a feeder not 20 feet away.

I was hiding behind the window, but I cleaned it to well. lol