White Breasted Nuthatch

Although these birds are ever present in my backyard, this is the first time I have captured one of them for a blip.  They move incredibly fast and are almost always upside down.


“They get their common name from their habit of jamming large nuts and acorns into tree bark, then whacking them with their sharp bill to “hatch” out the seed from the inside. They forage up, down, and sideways over tree trunks and around large branches. They often start high in trees and move down them head first, pausing to crane their necks up and back (as you see here) toward the horizontal, for a look around. They probe into bark crevices or chip away at wood to find food." 

Wishing all the fathers out there a very Happy Father's Day.  It was a good one in this house. :-)