Photo by Alan Murphy Photography

Posted 29 Jan 2024

Sometimes you just have to take whatever space you can find! I shot these Pygmy Nuthatches over the holidays.

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I was scrolling for some more Superbowls when I came across this and thought it was a perfect Friday picture. Nuthatches and the Carolina Wrens are some of my favorite birds to watch. They seem to have no understanding of gravity, and it looks like so much fun.

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I couldn’t agree more!

      I found this by checking out his feed after I was reading some criticism on an owl photo during the northern lights he had shared. It seems some of the criticisms on that were likely valid, but the rest of his photos I looked at where pretty good, and this one was just too good not to share.

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      They are my second favorite songbird, tied with the similarly behaved Carolina Wren. I have the White Breasted Nuthatches where I am, not these guys though.

      They’re like little cartoon characters, just walking up and down walls and across the ceiling without ever giving it a second thought. I don’t know how anyone would not be amused by these little birds.

      I’m glad they gave you a chuckle.

      • Devi@kbin.social
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        6 months ago

        We only have Eurasian nuthatches here, fun fact I learned recently, they’re the only British bird who can climb down a tree, every other bird has to fly to the bottom and climb up, that’s wild to me.

        • CringyMikami@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          6 months ago

          I love seeing them climb down trees head first. First time I saw this I was like “wait a second there HEAD FIRST?!” I knew about short-toed treecreepers abilities as very good climbers but European nuthatches are next level.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        Idk how I went over half my life without paying much attention to birds, and then one day I suddenly realized that they’re the coolest animals on the planet. We have multiple feeders up all around our property now, and we get really excited when we see a new type of bird. I guess that’s just part of getting older?

        • anon6789@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Lol I always put it on my list of old people characteristics I now seem to have.

          They are pretty great! They’re a ton of kinds just about anywhere you go. They’re generally not scary. They sing. Most would be considered pretty. They’re dinosaurs. Some you can train or befriend. And a bunch more.