Nemesis no more!

For some reason that is beyond me, the Nuthatch, despite its common numbers and relative approachability has succeeded in not letting me get any good shots of it whatsoever.
Well, after seeing all these wonderful nuthatch posts recently I was on a mission to get me a good shot of one. Went out with Wayne (who knows all about my predicament with this species) Sunday and wouldn't you know it...a cooperative Nuthatch! This was one of many decent shots I took.

I also include here a bonus Chickadee just for Petkal (sorry Peter, I ran out of Velcro with the hawk therefore I had to settle for this wild, free one )

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Very nice shots. Congrats.

Yep, you nailed it! Great shots of both species actually. Love the natural background too

dancad wrote:
For some reason that is beyond me, the Nuthatch, despite its common numbers and relative approachability has succeeded in not letting me get any good shots of it whatsoever.
Well, after seeing all these wonderful nuthatch posts recently I was on a mission to get me a good shot of one. Went out with Wayne (who knows all about my predicament with this species) Sunday and wouldn't you know it...a cooperative Nuthatch! This was one of many decent shots I took.

I also include here a bonus Chickadee just for Petkal (sorry Peter, I ran out of Velcro with the hawk therefore I had to settle for this wild, free one )

Persistence Daniel and patience pay at the end of the day.
Well done

Dan you nailed them both and I'm glad you finally got him,,, was a good day what with the Hawk and the Horned Larks and the search for both the Snowy and the hawk Owl we will have to do it again soon

Great shots Daniel. Sorry that I didn't get out with you two. (I've sent you both a PM about what happened.) Perhaps next time.

Well, patience obviously payed off for you Dan!. The nuthatch is spectacular all the way down to the exposure! Well done.

Also nice shot of the chickadee!

Marc

Excellent shots.

Very good shots, Dan.

Seems like another good outing for you Dan and Wayne, you may have had to wait a while to finally get a good capture of these but man, when you did get it you did awesome. Simply lovley mate, well done and a fantastic looking bird.

Beautiful shots Dan. The snow and evergreen environment in the background adds to the Nuthatch photo and the detail on the bird is right on. The Chickadee is very nice and the bokeh is very cool. I got a few good shots of them along the Ottawa River Saturday morning while it was lighlty snowing which I may post at a later time. Got some quite good ones of the domesticated ones in my yard as well.

Thanks for the comments!

Those are gorgeous. You always capture them well.

I get jealous of seeing all these cute little birds you folks up north have. All we got down here is big birds that dont have that awwwwwwwww factor.

Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Shots !!!! Very Impressive !!!!!

Absolutely Great.
As I have come to expect !