#blue nuthatch

[proton-wobbler]

Loser's Bracket: Final Poll

Image Sources: Titmouse (All About Birds); Blue Nuthatch (Neoh Hor Kee); Nightjar (Dubi Shapiro); Grebe (Daniel Pettersson)

[michaelnordeman]

Blue Tit/blåmes, Eurasian Nuthatch/nötväcka, Great Spotted Woodpecker/större hackspett, Great Tit/talgoxe, Marsh Tit/entita and Coal Tit/svartmes. Värmland, Sweden (January 23, 2021).

[possumnest]

i made a calendar! and you can pre-order it here!

it features 12 illustrations of my favorite native north american birds on every page, and for an extra $10 you can get a sticker bundle of 5 of the bird designs!

[ostdrossel]

I got to test another Ceyomur trailcam, the CY75, and I was pleasantly surprised by the photo quality. I think of the trailcams I have tested so far, this one takes the best photos, and they may actually even look ok printed. I have added some more info on my website (https://www.ostdrossel.com/blog/things-are-still). It is rainy and grey here today, not a lot going on. Have a good Tuesday!

[besidethepath]

Blue tits around the feeding area and an approaching masked robber

[kiskutnya]

I've been thinking about making tree and pond/lake bird shaker charms... What do you guys think? :^0 I'm not sure if people would be super interested

[thoughtartistry]

Winter is for the birds. 🪶

[rainystarling]

missing warmer days. photos from spring 2024, northeast ohio, usa.

(from first to last photo- northern cardinal (male), white-breasted nuthatch (male), white-throated sparrow, common grackle (male), black-capped chickadee, blue jay)

[greycatbird]

Clapping and cheering for female Cardinal!!

[mostlybirdsandphotos]

misc birds from the sanctuary:

bald eagle

yellow-rumped warbler

red-breasted nuthatch

great blue heron

greater white-fronted goose

[a-swoop-of-swallows]

Going to do a poll for funsies

[proton-wobbler]

Round 1, Poll 15

Blue Nuthatch vs Common Ground Dove

sources under cut

Blue Nuthatch Propaganda

"Cuties!! I see nuthatches depicted decently often, but never this guy!"

No other nuthatch is patterned quite like this guy! While most nuthatch have a combination of steel blue, white, and rusty rufous feathers, the Blue Nuthatch is the only one to sport a full mask.

Also unique to this species is the ability to protect its eyes by contracting the bare skin around them to help cover them up.

Common Ground Dove Propaganda

"THIS is the ultimate small pigeon. so you look at its photo and looks round and pigeon-like and you think oh okay i guess it's one of the normal species of pigeon, WRONg. google how it looks like when someone holds it in their hand. you would not BELIEVE how impossibly TINY this thing is and i want to hold it so so so badly it has no right to be this smol"

"When males compete for food or mates they may make sharp cooing calls and raise one or both wings, revealing chestnut wing-patches. A courting male follows the female and keeps doing this, sometimes flying after her to stay near."

Their song is often described as sounding like "No Hope"

Image Sources: Nuthatch (Neoh Hor Kee)

[michaelnordeman]

Eurasian Nuthatch/nötväcka, Great Tit/talgoxe, Great Spotted Woodpecker/större hackspett, Marsh Tit/entita and Blue Tit/blåmes. Värmland, Sweden (October 26, 2019).

[sheahuntphotography]

Sunday morning birdwatching

29/09/2024

[itsme-rach-marie]

I’m moving back to tumblr, here’s some birds

[way-out-there]

Some birds... just chilling in the trees🪶