nuthatch

went to Pennsylvania this weekend - lots of different birds there than in my area. Here's a sample

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What lens was that? Looks a little over-sharpened to me...
Reed

100-400 - and I don't think I sharpened it in post processing. But I might be wrong - It's been a long day.

The reason I said that was because the background looks kind of grainy, like it was a tight crop and a little noisy before sharpening.
Reed

Nice capture, I love shooting these birds when I find them, hard to get them to sit still for long though. I hope you don't mind, I noticed you had image editing ok on so I ran your photo through neat image to clear up the background noise.Thanks for sharing.edit: forgot to fade the neat image results, thus the blurred spot on its underside, could also have masked the bird, but only had time for a quick try at it.

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Nice try Nancy. This bird is still missing from my files.

thanks for the comments and the edit - I have neat image, but seldom use it because I have a hard time deciding which settings look best. Something I keep meaning to deal with.......
Fee - I've been looking for this bird for over a year - and in the last two weeks, I've seen bunches. Go figger.

Nice capture Nancy and very good PP Trevor.

A very nice capture Nancy, I have yet to see one.