Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Which Way Is Up

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Red-breasted Nuthatches are blue-gray birds with strongly patterned heads: a black cap and stripe through the eye broken up by a white stripe over the eye. The underparts are rich rusty-cinnamon, paler in females.

Nuthatches move quickly over trunks and branches probing for food in crevices and under flakes of bark. They creep up, down, and sideways without regard for which way is up, and they don’t lean against their tail the way woodpeckers do. Flight is short and bouncy.
 
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36 comments:

  1. TexWisGirlJanuary 15, 2013 at 1:29 PM

    i love these cuties! wish we got to see them here. i've seen a white-breasted nuthatch here but very rarely!

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  2. HansHBJanuary 15, 2013 at 1:44 PM

    Lovely photos!
    Great photowork!
    We do have this bird in Norway too!

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  3. DebbieJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:01 PM

    great capture, awesome title!!

    i get the white breasted ones all the time, this is the first year i am getting the red breasted ones!!

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  4. Sylvia KJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:53 PM

    Oh, I love these little guys, too! What great shots, Karen!! Hope your day is going well!

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  5. Carole M.January 15, 2013 at 3:10 PM

    a lovely bird to see from my side of the world; beautiful photographs

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  6. EllieJanuary 15, 2013 at 3:23 PM

    Ah these are lovely shots!!

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  7. mickJanuary 15, 2013 at 3:36 PM

    Great photos and a beautiful little bird.

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  8. NatureFootstepJanuary 15, 2013 at 4:10 PM

    gorgeous shots. I can never see any of them without thinking of a sour neck. :)

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  9. Joop ZandJanuary 15, 2013 at 4:21 PM

    Nice post Karen.....lovely bird.

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  10. Dina JJanuary 15, 2013 at 4:27 PM

    Great shots! I still have yet to see these birds. We get a few of them in Florida in the winter but they are pretty rare.

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  11. YoshiJanuary 15, 2013 at 4:38 PM

    So cute and you did a great capture!
    Have a wonderful week.

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  12. Les...January 15, 2013 at 5:14 PM

    what a terrific blog - interesting info and crystal clear pics of a fascinating, cute little bird, he looks a bit like an Aussie Finch *S*

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  13. eileeninmdJanuary 15, 2013 at 5:34 PM

    Another one of my favorite birds, great shots of the nuthatch!

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  14. Buttons ThoughtsJanuary 15, 2013 at 6:38 PM

    I love nuthatches great shots. B

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  15. SaunJanuary 15, 2013 at 7:53 PM

    They are the cutest little things love 'em

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2013 at 7:59 PM

    I love these cute little guys.. wish we had them here in south Florida.
    Fantastic shots, Karen.

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  17. Grandma Barb's This and ThatJanuary 15, 2013 at 8:26 PM

    Nuthatches are such cute little birds. I haven't been able to get any to come to my feeders.

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  18. KusumJanuary 16, 2013 at 1:42 AM

    Beautiful little bird!

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  19. UnknownJanuary 16, 2013 at 3:34 AM

    Excellent pics -so sharp! Thanks for visiting my blog:)

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  20. RajeshJanuary 16, 2013 at 3:48 AM

    Very cute little bird.

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  21. EG CameraGirlJanuary 16, 2013 at 6:27 AM

    Beautiful captures of this sweet bird!

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  22. carol l mckennaJanuary 16, 2013 at 10:21 AM

    Awesome photos ~ of nature's darlings ~

    A Creative Harbor ^_^

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  23. i stora dragJanuary 16, 2013 at 12:41 PM

    Very nice pictures!
    We do have this bird here in Sweden too!
    Greetings Pia

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  24. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 2:07 PM

    Beautiful shots...spot-on focus and great colors!

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  25. AmandaJanuary 16, 2013 at 2:55 PM

    Sweet little bird!

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  26. HaileyJanuary 16, 2013 at 6:50 PM

    Very cute!

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  27. ValerieJanuary 16, 2013 at 6:53 PM

    Spectacular captures Karen - love the clarity and definition in the images. Thanks for sharing (and stopping by my blog).

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  28. CarlettaJanuary 16, 2013 at 9:45 PM

    Terrific shots!
    I've learned to be patient with these little guys otherwise it's all butt shots. :)

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  29. LarryJanuary 16, 2013 at 11:30 PM

    Awesome captures of the Red-breasted Nuthatch Karen! I love these little guys! They are so lively ;-)

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  30. CarverJanuary 17, 2013 at 1:00 PM

    I love nuthatches. You captured this one so well.

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  31. Mary Howell CromerJanuary 17, 2013 at 1:44 PM

    Lovely little Nuthatches!

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  32. Sallie (FullTime-Life)January 17, 2013 at 5:46 PM

    Karen these are so cute! You perfectly captured their impish personalities as they feed up and down the trees; something I love to watch!!!

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  33. Martha ZJanuary 17, 2013 at 10:29 PM

    They do seem to more as easily down the tree as up.

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  34. Gail DixonJanuary 18, 2013 at 11:55 AM

    These are gorgeous! I wish we had nuthatches here (if we do I haven't seen any). Love the tongue in the last shot. Wow.

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  35. PatJanuary 18, 2013 at 3:36 PM

    Great shots of the Nuthatches!

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  36. AnonymousOctober 29, 2013 at 6:26 AM

    I love these shots, Karen! Such a beautiful bird!

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