FOR WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY hosted by Stuart. Thank you!
Although surrounded by acres and acres of pine trees (their usual habitat) the red-breasted nuthatches we watched in Central Oregon (near Bend) found more to eat in this big chunk of lava rock.
They were really working it over.
Delightful shots!
Posted by: Nick | September 19, 2012 at 01:23 PM
What a beauty! Great photos...
Nothing like that around our palm trees!
Posted by: pat | September 17, 2012 at 10:09 PM
Oh I love the little nutties...
Posted by: Rambling Woods | September 16, 2012 at 03:50 PM
A wonderful bird and a wonderful : thanks to you, Sallie. I like a lot blue birds..
Posted by: Annie | September 14, 2012 at 04:57 AM
That first shot looks like he's a rock climber the way he finds spots to put his claws in. :)
Nuthatch's are such cute little birds.
I don't feed much in summer so I'm looking forward to filling up the feeders this fall and welcoming the nuthatches back.
Posted by: Carletta | September 13, 2012 at 04:11 PM
Red-breasted nuthatches are a rare sight to see where I live now!
Posted by: Kathie | September 13, 2012 at 01:54 PM
Cool! They must have a feeding frenzy on those creatures in the rocks!
Hi Sallie, I am trying to manage my time in blogging and photography, but I am less enthusiastic in posting photos in my blog, because of work. I do once in a while in FB.
Posted by: Ebie | September 13, 2012 at 01:33 PM
Brilliant! Birds are very mysterious animals, because they live in higher circles than we do. Lovely post.
Posted by: Reader Wil | September 13, 2012 at 09:59 AM
Great shots. They are very agile and industrious the way they are hanging onto that rock.
Posted by: diane | September 13, 2012 at 01:01 AM
Great shots of the beautiful bird!
Wish you a wonderful day.
Mette
Posted by: CameraCruise | September 13, 2012 at 12:05 AM
Cute, good you them in action.
Posted by: Indrani | September 12, 2012 at 11:45 PM
They're really nice birds, and very nice shots.
Posted by: Adam Jones | September 12, 2012 at 01:06 PM
oooooh boy!! that nuthatch has found himself a goldmine!!
(that lava rock looks a lot like the ancient limestone here...with all the nooks & crannies!!
Posted by: laura k | September 12, 2012 at 12:01 PM
Strange habits-but certainly interesting!
Posted by: Hazel | September 12, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Beautiful little birds!
Posted by: Pat | September 12, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Must be a nice place for the birds on that lava stone!
Nice photos of this little one that I think we have here in Sweden too!
Greetings Pia
Posted by: Pia | September 12, 2012 at 09:25 AM
Industrious little guys! I love their markings and deep color. Beautiful!
Posted by: Gail | September 12, 2012 at 08:42 AM
Lovely little fellows!
Posted by: Halcyon | September 12, 2012 at 06:17 AM
Beautifully marked one to be sure. Your photos are super.
Silent Silhouettes
Posted by: Anni | September 12, 2012 at 05:19 AM
Beautiful photographs, such views are giving much joy. I am greeting
Posted by: ZielonaMila | September 12, 2012 at 01:57 AM
Sallie, I get an education every time I visit your site. I have never seen this bird before. They are lovely. I can see why they would like the rocks.
Posted by: Rita aka Cashjocky | September 11, 2012 at 10:44 PM
These are just spectacular!
Posted by: Sandy Carlson (USA) | September 11, 2012 at 05:52 PM
Really NICE Ive never seen one picking over a rock that way so thats special!
Posted by: Sondra | September 11, 2012 at 05:33 PM
I love the nuthatches. I have a bunch of them here but they are so fast it's hard for me to shoot them.
Posted by: Carver | September 11, 2012 at 04:13 PM
Cool shots! I've never seen birds do that before, but then we don't have lava rock here, either. Great texture on the rock and beautiful shots!
Posted by: Brian King | September 11, 2012 at 03:23 PM
Cute captures of the Nuthatch at the lava pockets. They are cute birds, love them!
Posted by: eileen | September 11, 2012 at 02:55 PM
lucky you! would love to see these guys. have only seen a couple of nuthatches here. not piny enough, i suppose.
Posted by: TexWisGirl | September 11, 2012 at 02:43 PM
Lovely birds.
I'm not sure how they colored the pussy willows, but I'm fairly sure they were dyed. When I took the original shot I googled all kinds of variations on "colored pussy willows" and nothing turned up but gray. They don't look natural, but I do love how happy and cheery they are, and were especially so among all the late winter's gray.
Posted by: Robin from Israel | September 11, 2012 at 02:17 PM
intresting bird so different from ours. Yes tehy probably found a lot of food in that lava. :)
Posted by: NatureFootstep | September 11, 2012 at 01:44 PM
Beautiful bird, nice photos.
Posted by: Neil | September 11, 2012 at 01:30 PM
Great photos of the birds and that is certainly an unusual place for them to find food.
Posted by: Mick | September 11, 2012 at 12:53 PM
Beautiful close ups!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Posted by: Boom & Gary | September 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM
The stripes on his head make him look a bit like a badger. It's a really nice little bird. From Findlay
Posted by: Findlay Wilde | September 11, 2012 at 10:06 AM