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My nuthatches are getting a lot more active as the season changes and boy are they tame! I think I even caught it's dandruff (to the right).

Taken this afternoon. No crop. 200mm focal length.

Red-breasted Nuthatch.

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Sony DSLR A200 camera. Sigma 400mm APO prime lens, Sony 55-200mm lens, Sony 18-70mm lens, Kenko 1.5X teleconverter.

That's an awesome picture!! I have been seeing my usual White-Breasted Nuthatch pair visiting the feeders more now, and this little Red-Breasted Nuthatch was in a pine tree not far from my feeder.  I was so close to him I could have reached out and touched him!  It was amazing being so close and being able to get a few decent pictures too! 

 

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That's a sweet pic Whetty.

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Sony DSLR A200 camera. Sigma 400mm APO prime lens, Sony 55-200mm lens, Sony 18-70mm lens, Kenko 1.5X teleconverter.

cairnstone:

 

My nuthatches are getting a lot more active as the season changes and boy are they tame! I think I even caught it's dandruff (to the right).

Taken this afternoon. No crop. 200mm focal length.

Red-breasted Nuthatch.

Wow - beautiful picture - you can't get any better than that!!

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This one is cropped. Not sure if it's the same bird.

 

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Sony DSLR A200 camera. Sigma 400mm APO prime lens, Sony 55-200mm lens, Sony 18-70mm lens, Kenko 1.5X teleconverter.

 

My nuthatches don't give a hoot about my presence when I am gardening. Cheeky little rascals.

 

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Sony DSLR A200 camera. Sigma 400mm APO prime lens, Sony 55-200mm lens, Sony 18-70mm lens, Kenko 1.5X teleconverter.

 

The White-breasted Nuthatches showed up today and I guess they are here now for the winter. Hope to get some good shots of them soon.

In the meantime, more Red-breasted Nuthatch dandruff.

Taken at 200mm and uncropped.

 

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Sony DSLR A200 camera. Sigma 400mm APO prime lens, Sony 55-200mm lens, Sony 18-70mm lens, Kenko 1.5X teleconverter.

here is a white breasted one that I get around my place

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Great shot kiwi. I had a good chance today at a White-breasted on a tree trunk, but was not fast enough pressing the shutter button.

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Sony DSLR A200 camera. Sigma 400mm APO prime lens, Sony 55-200mm lens, Sony 18-70mm lens, Kenko 1.5X teleconverter.

I just put out a big block of seed that's for the woodpeckers & flickers but my nuthatch doesn't mind sharing.

You people need to stop sequestering your Red-breasteds and send them over east! A few have been sighted in the Piedmont of NC in the last week, and it's not every year they show up, so... fingers crossed for this year...

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Only if you send a few white-breasted our way - they're few and far between in western WA.  I think someone reported one last year but it's hard to spot these little speeders. Ours will visit the feeder all winter long.  Good luck!

 

A poor picture taken in poor light this morning. ISO set at 800. Shot through a window.

Nonetheless, this is the first White-breasted Nuthatch I have ever photographed. See them frequently, but never seem to be ready with the camera.

 

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Sony DSLR A200 camera. Sigma 400mm APO prime lens, Sony 55-200mm lens, Sony 18-70mm lens, Kenko 1.5X teleconverter.