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Eurasian Nuthatch


Eurasian Nuthatch
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Copyright: Paul van Slooten (pvs) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1128 W: 254 N: 2441] (11099)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-01-23
Categories: Birds
Camera: Sony Alfa dSLR A700, Sony 300mm F2.8 G, Digital RAW 400
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-01-24 1:35
Viewed: 436
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 42
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Took this picture yesterday in our garden,cropped,slightly rotated,resized and sharpened before upload,


Eurasian Nuthatch

The Eurasian Nuthatch, Sitta europaea, is a small passerine found throughout temperate Europe and Asia, although not in Ireland. It belongs to the nuthatch family Sittidae.

This bird is the most common and most widespread nuthatch, and is often referred to just as the Nuthatch.

Behaviour
It is a resident bird of deciduous woods and parkland, with some old trees for nesting. It feeds on insects, seeds and nuts. Its old name “nut-hack” derives from its habit of wedging a nut in a crevice in a tree, and then hacking at it with its strong bill.

It has the ability, like other nuthatches, to climb down trees, unlike species such as woodpeckers which can only go upwards. It will come to bird feeding tables, and is then very aggressive, driving other species away.

The Eurasian Nuthatch is 14cm long and has the typical nuthatch big head, short tail and powerful bill and feet. It is blue-grey above, with a black eyestripe. Asian and north European birds (S. e. asiatica and S. e. europaea respectively) are white below except for chestnut in the vent area. The western European S. e. caesia has generally reddish underparts. Young birds are "washed out" versions of the adults.

Nests are in holes or crevices, lined with bark or grass. The size of the hole’s entrance may be reduced by the building of a neat mud wall. Five to eight eggs are laid, white speckled with red.

This is a noisy bird, often located by its repeated tui-tui-tui call.
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sweet all i can say. wonderful POV and details

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2375 W: 164 N: 7131] (22536)
  • [2008-01-24 2:07]

Hej Paul,
You're lucky to get this beautiful species coming to your garden! Brilliant capture showing very sharp details and beautiful colours. Very well composed with a fine soft background.
TFS, Ulla

Hej Paul,
you got a fine picture of nötväcka, the pose are nice.
Good sharpness, fine details and nice colours.
It standout nicely from the BG.
Well done.

Hello Paul,
excellent composition and pov, good sharpness and very nice shallow depth of field, good colors and terrific details.
QAngela

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 103 W: 57 N: 182] (1717)
  • [2008-01-24 2:33]

Hello Paul,
Your bird is always fun. You rotated the picture but it was typical position head downwards. I like such colours and bg.
Regards, Pawel.

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  • krall Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 164 W: 0 N: 55] (2214)
  • [2008-01-24 2:47]

Hello Paul

very good photo. Very nice colours

Hallo Paul,
Nu moet ik onmiddelijk aan Vivian denken natuurlijk...maar misschien is ze al weer naar Kruger vertrokken?:-)
Doe haar in ieder geval de groeten en zeg dat er een Belg blij is dat ze heelhuids terug is.
Over jouw werk...
Heel mooi gedaan. Achtergrond, kleuren, het moment, POV,...allemaal (-:!
Bedankt en groeten,
Annick

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  • Ena Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 359 W: 61 N: 568] (2327)
  • [2008-01-24 3:46]

Hello Paul!
Simply great!
Well composed!
Regards
Ena

Hallo Paul,

De boomklever staat er mooi op, zo mooi heb ik hem nog niet.
Lekker scherp en goed van kleur.

groet Gert

mooie foto Paul.
uitsekende capture van deze kleine vogel. Ik vind het jammer dat ik geen tuin heb. goed fotowerk.
groet Jaap

Hi Paul,
A very clear and good capture!
I like a lot the pose got on the bird, with the beak pointing up, so expressive.
It's very good the composition made with the inclusion of the bark and the nicely blurred background.
Congratulations and thanks to post it
Best regards,
JM

hello Paul

superb shot, excellent details of the bird's plumage
and excellent details on the tree, i love his pose,
your image's POV and the way you framed it the nuthatch, TFS

Asbed

Hi Paul
Another beautiful bird. Eurasian Nuthatch taken in typical situation. Great sharpness, nice OOF background. Very ood job
Best wishes
Krzysztof

Great capture! And so close! Beautiful plumage, shown with great detail! Kudos! Cheers, Klaus

Hi Paul,
This is a beautiful capture of this cute bird that I see everyday here (Red Breasted ones). They are fast moving creatures and not easy to capture. Composition, details, colors and POV and great! I wonder what the difference is between Eurasian and Red-Breasted as they are very look alike...
Claudine

Hello Paul,

You have captured a beautiful little bird really well! It has a keen, interested expression! The focus is sharp and the details of its feathers are excellent!
I have seen a nuthatch in my garden ... that would be a real treat!

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

Hello Paul wonderfull detail excellent pov. Pose is great. DOF is a little shallow but spot on focus on the eye. tfs rgds Necip

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  • lizzie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 214 W: 0 N: 635] (2843)
  • [2008-01-24 16:52]

Hi Paul,

You've captured a beautiful pose of the nuthatch, we can appreciate great details in the feathers, good natural colours and an excellent light in the eye. They are not easy to shoot as they move so fast, you did a great job. Congratulations!

Lise

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1036 W: 1 N: 3970] (13358)
  • [2008-01-24 18:35]

Hello Paul,
Wonderful image of this lovely little bird much like our Red-breasted Nuthatch. Thanks for sharing.
Rick

Hallo Paul,
Weer een prachtige foto met perfecte scherpte en details. Mooie natuurlijke kleuren. De boomtak op zich is al een schitterend stukje natuur.
Groet,
Peter

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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 193 W: 0 N: 276] (1157)
  • [2008-01-26 10:13]

Hi Paul,

Congrats for the photo. I appreciate you could capture the image of these fast moving birds and create such a good composition. Details are clear, colors ar natural and background suits with bird colors.

Best regards,
Cristian

Hi Paul,

Awesome photo, good POV and diagonal composition, sharp details, pleasant background!

Eugene

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