Suck It Up Before Viewing These - Vertigo Warning!

[canonloader]

And no, I did not play with the Flip Verticle button! You think it's hard looking at them, it was even harder editing these. I almost threw up a little bit. :lol:

http://www.flashbax.com/slide_shows/nuthatch/gallery/album1/large/wbnuthatchupsidedown-db3b0185-110807.jpg

http://www.flashbax.com/slide_shows/nuthatch/gallery/album1/large/wbnuthatchupsidedown-db3b0186-110807.jpg

[ajosteve]

Mitch, this hurts my eyes...thanks for the upchuck warning...I won't look too long...steve

[canonloader]

LOL, I hear ya. It made my eyes water when I first looked at them after downloading from the card. :lol:

Odd, cause I remember taking them and the perspective was fine then. These are full frames.

[rwenglish1]

They do always seem to defie gravity, but then they surprise you. Here is one I caught, taking a dive.

http://www.allmounts.com/nutsach_diving_forum.jpg

[canonloader]

I've never seen them fall yet. It looks like they are hopping along the underside of a log, but thery really aren't. They are walking, with one foot always holding the bark. They just do it so fast it looks like a hop. :)

[rwenglish1]

I don't think he fell, he was holding on up higher and just before I clicked the shutter, he was just dropping down lowwer, I just happen to catch him. They don't seem to be still very long, so you did great job in catching them in that position.

[joayne]

Mitch, those are great, even if a bit disturbing :) What kind of bird is that, I can't tell from the perspective.

[hTr]

I'd rather see them head down as normal. They will make you sick feeling!!!

[canonloader]

Thanks Joayne and Gary. It's just a common Nuthatch. The only bird that can run face first, down a tree. We just don't normally see them in this position. :)

[sugarzebra]

Really unique shots Mitch...I'm trying to figure out how the perspective. Is it an old log fence or is it a felled tree that landed horizontally a few feet from the ground? Those nuthatches are always a blast to watch.

[canonloader]

Scott, it's a tree that fell horizontal to the ground. The top side is a handy place to put seeds to attract the birds, while hiding the seeds from view in the bark. This is part of that area in the park that has a feeding station set up and all the frinedly birds. You might remember it from this. :)

http://www.flashbax.com/slide_shows/common_grackles/gallery/album1/large/bestgrackel1.jpg

[Gary Fairhead]

Nice ones Mitch..They are such show offs:D They like to land on the feeder perches and swing upside down ...clowns:D

[canonloader]

Thanks Gary, they are clowns, their chatter even sounds like a laugh. :)

[T.D.]

Crazy nuthatches!

Nicely done. Great series and perspective.

[canonloader]

Thanks TD. There were so many birds there and it was a nice day, that they just get all charged up and start acting like a bunch of little kids. Nuthatches are the worst. :)

[plsurfer]

Very cool...thats pretty wild!

[canonloader]

Thanks Blake. I see this pretty often, but it doesn't translate good to an image. :lol:

[IraRunyan]

Interesting photos Mitch. Woodpeckers also play the upside down game, It does not appear to bother them at all.......

[canonloader]

It's almost like gravity doesn't affect them. :)

[Pitter]

Interesting how the Nuthatches and Brown Creepers occupy the same tree trunk habitat but don´t directly compete. The Nuthatches go down the tree gleaning the upward facing surfaces of the bark and the Creepers circle upwards getting the stuff that´s on the underside. Guess your Nuthatch is on to something.

[canonloader]

I think he was hiding seeds under there. There was plenty of food and 5 or 6 of these nuthatches and other birds all competing and all of them excited. Hard to tell though what they all do. :)