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.
Those lava pockets must be home to millions of insects!
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