Upside-down Situation

This bird has a very sophisticated body shape, it is a great flier, his bill is hard as a steel lance, it’s an expert cracking open seeds and nuts and he can easily walk upside down on almost any surface in the woods. I’m talking about the White-breasted Nuthatch. I saw this bird once fly to a branch and sit directly from flying on the underside of a branch. I blew my mind! That is a feat that perhaps an insect can do but I’ve never expected from a bird. Walking down a tree, walking under a piece of wood is common but coming directly from flying…that’s fantastic!

This bird is very active and fast moving, not and easy subject to track with a zoom lens that for sure. Hard task but not impossible!

I’m glad that the White-breasted Nuthatchs decided to stay in my backyard this year!

11 thoughts on “Upside-down Situation”

susanpoozan on May 21, 2015 at 11:41 am said:

Wonderful pictures, you must have a very quick hand on the button!

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- avian101 on May 21, 2015 at 12:10 pm said:
  
  Thank you Susan, it’s mostly a matter of timing and following the action. These are acquired with experience. 🙂
  
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tootlepedal on May 21, 2015 at 5:40 pm said:

Very elegant pictures today HJ.

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- avian101 on May 21, 2015 at 6:21 pm said:
  
  Thanks Tom! 🙂
  
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Tiny on May 21, 2015 at 8:59 pm said:

Great pictures you got of this fast moving acrobat! Difficult, but not impossible for H.J. 🙂

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- avian101 on May 21, 2015 at 9:48 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much Tiny! 🙂
  
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clarepooley33 on May 23, 2015 at 10:07 pm said:

Lovely little bird!

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- avian101 on May 24, 2015 at 9:00 am said:
  
  Thank you Clare! 🙂
  
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  - clarepooley33 on May 24, 2015 at 5:12 pm said:
    
    🙂
christybharath on June 1, 2015 at 12:27 am said:

Such an endearing fella! We have velvet fronted nuthatches that has me giggling with their movements. Do the white breasted look a tad angry with their belligerent stares too?

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- avian101 on June 1, 2015 at 9:58 am said:
  
  Their eyes are a bit slanted but they are ok just look angry but it’s not. They do move very fast and hardly pause for a second. Thanks for sharing Christy! 🙂
  
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