{"id":90129,"date":"2020-10-06T05:24:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T11:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=90129"},"modified":"2020-10-06T05:24:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T11:24:10","slug":"red-breasted-nuthatch-in-upside-down-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/06\/red-breasted-nuthatch-in-upside-down-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-breasted Nuthatch In Upside Down Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning I finally found another cooperative nuthatch. It’s been a while.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

He kept coming back to the same cone-laden Douglas Fir tree in the mountains to harvest its seeds which he sometimes ate and sometimes cached. I took hundreds of photos of him but most will be deleted for various reasons but especially for the lack of a catch light in the eye. They spend most of their time facing the cone they’re feeding on so often I can’t even see the eye, much less get a catch light.<\/p>\n

Typical of me takeoff and flight shots were a priority but these little guys are quick and in the often dappled light sufficient shutter speed was a huge obstacle. But I kept trying.<\/p>\n

When these birds are ready to move on to another cone they often look down just prior to takeoff which I take as a signal to begin firing a burst.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This time I managed to keep him in frame, but just barely. I had enough shutter speed to get him sufficiently sharp and I was incredibly lucky that he turned his head 45\u00b0 relative to his body which provided a good look at his face and eye. I wish I had more room at the bottom of the frame for a more pleasing composition but I can live with this one.<\/p>\n

I haven’t yet had time to review all the nuthatch photos I took yesterday so for today’s post I just picked out these two that I thought were interesting.<\/p>\n

I’ll probably post more of them soon.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Yesterday morning I finally found another cooperative nuthatch. It’s been a while.<\/p>\n

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