![]() But I count this shot as a minor success if only because I didn’t clip or cut off any body parts. Here his head isn’t quite sharp enough and I don’t have enough room at the bottom of the frame for a composition I like. Nuthatches are just too fast and there’s too many things that can and do go wrong. In this particular instance he dropped the seed and in the next photo in the burst I caught it falling but it’s a terrible photo of the nuthatch so I haven’t included it.ġ/3200, f/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called inĮven though I tried many times I never did get a great takeoff shot. I always tried to photograph both behaviors, him dropping the seed or taking off with it, but both actions were incredibly quick with unpredictable timing. When he had a seed in his bill this completely upside down pose could mean one of two things – he’s either about to drop the seed or he’s about to take off with it to eat or cache it. Interestingly there was a group of White-crowned Sparrows beneath the tree that seemed to be foraging for and eating the seeds nuthatches had discarded. ![]() I’d estimate that he deliberately dropped nearly half of the seeds he collected. It’s almost a novelty to get a photo of a nuthatch that isn’t upside down or pointed straight up on a cone or tree trunk.ġ/2000, f/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in He spent most of his time hanging from the cones or moving from one cone to another so I only rarely got photos of him perched on the branches or needles. I can easily live with the out of focus cone at upper right.ġ/4000, f/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in I was pleased to get the nuthatch in a side view with light in his eye against a clean background and the bird, both primary cones and most of the needles sharp. Here he’s pulling out one of the cone scales with an attached seed that we can’t see. Three days ago I spent some time with this male Red-breasted Nuthatch collecting seeds from the cones. ![]() Throw in an interesting feeding behavior and I’m a happy photographer. I enjoy photographing birds in Douglas Fir trees because I think it’s an unusually attractive setting, particularly when the current year’s cones are included in the frame. A handsome little bird, an interesting behavior and a setting I’ve always loved.ġ/2500, f/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in ![]()
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