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Red-Breasted Nuthatch


Red-Breasted Nuthatch
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Copyright: cecilia lazzaro (cecilia) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 479 W: 6 N: 1224] (4630)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-13
Categories: Birds
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/125 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-10-13 17:40
Viewed: 858
Points: 42
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I'm back, my daughter got married this past week, the wedding was fantastic, everything went smoothly and fun was had by all. I am presenting a Brown Nuthatch that was lingering in my backyard today...

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
Cool fact: The only North American nuthatch that regularly migrates. The Red-breasted Nuthatch is irruptive, which means it moves southward in unusually large numbers during some winters. These irruptions may be closely tied to the extent of the cone crop in the bird's breeding area.

Red-breasted Nuthatches are 4.5 in. (110 mm) in length.They are easily separated from other North American nuthatches by their dark eyestripe, white supercilium, and buff-orange underparts.

Red-breasted Nuthatches are almost always found in conifer trees, where they live in pairs. Often, one can hear the male and female "talking softly" to each other with single, nasal-sounding contact notes, while they forage a few meters apart along the trunks and branches of pine or spruce trees.

Description: Male Red-breasted Nuthatches have a black crown and nape. The lores, the supercilium, and the sides of the mantle are white. A black eyestripe broadens backward to the sides of the mantle. The chin, cheeks, ear coverts, and sides of the upper neck are white. The upperparts, lesser and median coverts, and central tail feathers are gray-blue. The outer 4 tail feathers have white centers, and the outer 3 have gray-blue tips. The primaries, secondaries, tertials, and alula are dark gray-brown. The lower neck, breast, flanks, belly, vent, and undertail coverts are rusty-cinnamon. The upper mandible is black, the lower is pale gray, and the legs and feet are dusky.
Females are similar to males, but the crown and nape and eyestripe are dark gray, not black; the eyestripe is variable but usually paler than in males. Underparts are paler, not as richly colored as males.

There is no geographic variation in Red-breasted Nuthatch plumage.
The Red-breasted Nuthatch breeding range extends across Canada and south along the mountainous regions of the West and the Northeast in the United States. Their breeding range is expanding southward.

In the past, Red-breasted Nuthatches' migration patterns have been irruptive: some years they've headed south, some years they haven't. During irruption years their southerly migration may begin as early as late summer and extend through fall and winter.
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  • mlines Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 541 W: 24 N: 596] (2870)
  • [2007-10-13 20:37]

Hi Cecilia, A fine bird composition. I like the clarity and colours and especially the way you have cropped this. Excelent notes. TFS. Murray.

great catpure, and all composition,wonderfull color

Hi Cecilia
Wonderful composition with a great DOF to make him stand out. Beautiful use of light just on him perched there with great exposure and showing detail.
Would a slight crop up from the bottom be an option, just to remove a little of the stump end that is in the shadow, quite prominent there in the bottom left. That is just being picky though and as always an individual preference.
Beautiful image

Kathleen

Hello Cecilia, nice shot of this small bird.
Excellent light managed and good compo, too.
Andrea

hi cecilia!
very good shot on the nuthatch!
different against our but equal
beautiful,sharp with nice pov and dof!
nice camerawork!

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 727 W: 98 N: 1694] (5406)
  • [2007-10-14 2:13]
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Superbly delicate colours and fine details!
Congratulations on the wedding of your daughter
TFS
silke
:D

Wow, great focus and BG matching colors composition. I like the DOF as well.
TFS
Best regards,
Kean

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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 526 W: 87 N: 697] (6115)
  • [2007-10-14 2:45]

bonjour Cécilia
fantastique image de cet oiseau, tout est parfait. Le pov rasant donne un côté intime, la posture droite de l'oiseau le met bien en valeur, et toujours cette lumière extra.
bravo

gaetan

Hello Cecilia,
Congratulation for daughter’s wedding; I wonder who took the photographs? ;) This is a very nice specie that I have seen in my region for the first time this year. I usually see many ones with white breast but for time to time, I also see this red one coming at the bird feeder but never managed to get a decent shot so far. This is an unusual pose that you have captured! It so rare to see them in this position :)! As always, details, exposure, lighting and composition are just perfect! Well done!
Claudine

Hi Cecilia,
A beautifully composed photo with excellent color, detail and POV. Very well done.

TFS
Jim

Hi Cecilia
great colours, compo and sharpness with lovely bg
great
tfs
tom

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2171 W: 218 N: 4383] (14900)
  • [2007-10-14 8:19]

Hi Cecilia

Another impeccable bird shot from you and another charming presentation!
I really love the details on this one as well as the lovely light that almost makes the little nuthatch glow.
The colors are charming and the DOF is perfect, as usual, making sure you have that beautiful bokeh in the BG.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

Hello Cecilia,
what a splendid shot, very well composed, colors and sharpness are fantastic, lovely background and excellent lighting, perfect focus and ideal deeph of firld, I like so much the very good point of view,
great shot,
thanks and congratulation to your daughter
friendly,
Pat

Fabuloso retrato y geniales detalles.
Buena nitidez y contrastes Cecilia.
Saludos, JL.

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 921 W: 0 N: 1985] (8905)
  • [2007-10-15 6:48]

Hi Cecilia
Beautiful composition.Ecellent POV and very sharp image,the details is great.Colors and DOF are excellent.
TFS Michel

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
  • [2007-10-15 8:56]

Hello Cecilia ! I've never caught one of those ! Very well done for the composition, the surroundings are really beautiful and for the technical qualities ! Thanks !

Mario

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3584 W: 143 N: 5669] (18531)
  • [2007-10-15 9:26]

Hi Cecilia.
I love your superb shot of this beautiful bird. All is wonderful. Scenery, composition and framing of the image, excellent details and sharpness of the bird image, pleasant rich colours palette, etc. Bravo. My best wishes.
Alexei.

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-10-15 11:50]

Hello Cecilia

I love the way you compose and present your bird images.They are always so elegantly done with wonderful clarity and sharpness.The lighting is well done ,producing lovely ,natural colours.TFS

Rob

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2262 W: 10 N: 2630] (15565)
  • [2007-10-15 15:06]

Hola Cecilia,
precioasa captura, la hermosa luz, y el espléndido color hacen una gran foto...
saludos amiga.

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2991 W: 162 N: 949] (2787)
  • [2007-10-16 0:54]

Hello Cecilia,
What a lovely capture of this beautiful bird. I love the colours and the details are very sharp. Beautiful soft background and well composed too.
TFS and regards, Ulla

bonjour cecilia
un des points fort de vos photos c'est que vous avez toujours des supports tres naturels sur lequels vos oiseaux sont posés,c'est a chaque fois superbe.
la encore c'est une reussite.
laurent

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