Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Red-breasted Nuthatch

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH (SITTA CANADENSIS), GREEN, MICHIGAN, AUGUST 30, 2011

Pentax K-5
Sigma 135-400 APO DG at 340mm
1/400 sec. f7.1
ISO 1600

I've captured lots of white-breasted nuthatches, but this is the first specimen of the smaller red-breasted variety to fall to my camera. This morning I set up my nylon duck blind ten feet from a bird feeder in the back yard of our cabin and waited, and within minutes this visitor came calling.

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