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TheThe White-breasted Nuthatch


TheThe White-breasted Nuthatch
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Copyright: Mircea Costina (mirceax) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 235 W: 57 N: 1323] (5915)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-25
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D50, Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG Macro
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-03-01 19:01
Viewed: 456
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
TheThe White-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis, is a small songbird.

The adult birds are about 155 millimeters (6 inches) long. In the adult male the cap and a band on the upper mantle are black. The rest of the upper parts are a pale blue-gray. The wing coverts and flight feathers are blackish with paler fringes. The tertials are often marked with pale gray and black. There is a slight wing bar in the greater coverts. The face and the underparts are white. The White-breasted Nuthatch is the only North American nuthatch in which the white of the face completely surrounds the eye. The outer tail feathers are black with broad diagonal white bands across the outer three feathers. They have short legs with long claws, short wings and a short tail.

Their breeding habitat is deciduous and mixed forests across North America. They nest in a tree cavity, either natural or excavated by a woodpecker.

These birds are permanent residents, sometimes moving south in winter.

They forage on the trunk and large branches of trees, and are well-known for descending head first, a behavior unique to the white-breasted nuthatch. Their principal diet consists of insects and a few varieties of seeds. They often travel with small mixed flocks in winter.

The call is a nasal yeah-yeah-yeah in the east or a fast yididit in the west.
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Hi Mircea,
Incredible pose catched!
It's very good this POV to catch the head turn.
You made an artistic composition with the unusual pose and the direction marked by the beak.
Really excellent.
Congratulations and thanks for share.
My regards,
JM

Great Shot,
very good details and DOF, and compo
thanks for sharing,
Siarhei

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  • trinko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 610 W: 83 N: 324] (4310)
  • [2007-03-01 23:29]

interesting pose could stand greater DOF. nice colors.

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  • shal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 287 W: 71 N: 499] (2086)
  • [2007-03-02 0:48]

Hi Mircea,
lovely POV and a curious look by the bird,
caught in good lighting and details,
Great shot,
Cheers :D

Hi Mircea , congrats. what a pose...

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3464 W: 145 N: 5942] (17790)
  • [2007-03-02 4:01]

Hi Mircea, I love the look of these birds. They look so cute upside down like this. Very sharp and clear to see too, especially against the blue sky, TFS
Janice

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  • rdfoto Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 375 W: 0 N: 747] (3202)
  • [2007-03-02 10:20]

Bonjour Mircea
Composition et cadrage très originale, très belle netteté.
Amicalement Robi

Hi,
Excellent pose, very beautiful composition,
amazing colors.Perfect.Thanks for posting.
Regards, Krzysztof.

Hi Mircea,

A very good capture, it shows how good it is to have a bird feeder in our backyards. Interesting capture, could be a little sharper.

TFS

asta-i superba,

Lucian

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