I’ll be honest here – I had set my camera up to see if I could catch a Rosy Breasted Grosbeak (that furtive bird!) when suddenly this natty nuthatch appeared within my focus! and it seemed to freeze when it saw me. I very quickly took as many shots as I could (twenty-five maybe) and was so excited with my capture that I called it a night and went in. I applied a texture by Kim Klassen ‘subtly yours’ and a hue/saturation adjustment to calm down the background and then erased over the bird. Nuthatches have always reminded me of Grandpa from the ‘Munsters’ with their sleek peaked forehead and tuxedo-type markings. Apparently there are a lot of pet nicknames for nuthatches, but mine is Grandpa!
Linking up to World Bird Wednesday at ‘The Pine River Review‘
I would have been very excited with such a capture too. This is a fabulous photo, love the detail and the angle of the shot. Beautiful bird and beautiful photo.
This is absolutely fantastic Barb!!
I love the angle you got here, and what a beautiful little one!!
Now that is a great picture. You have to be lucky sometimes to get the great ones- but then the harder you work, the luckier you get.
Fabulous capture of the Nuthatch! My nickname for this bird is Nutters.
considerate of him to come and pose.
A lovely capture, in a typical pose. :-)
such cute little acrobats!
A lovely image of a beautiful bird.
Great capture!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Cute shot of the WB Nuthatch! They are pretty birds.
I always enjoy seeing nuthatches!
Excellent shot and very interesting post processing! And yes I can see the Grandpa Munster similarity!
That’s an excellent shot of the Nuthatch! I’ve been watching a little White-breasted Nuthatch here, but haven’t been able to get a very good shot yet.