Hand Feeding a Nuthatch
by Cheryl Baxter
Title
Hand Feeding a Nuthatch
Artist
Cheryl Baxter
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Photograph - Photography
Description
Red-breasted nuthatch
The red-breasted nuthatch is a small songbird. The adult has blue-grey upperparts with cinnamon underparts, a white throat and face with a black stripe through the eyes, a straight grey bill and a black crown. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Sitta canadensis
Higher classification: Nuthatch
Rank: Species
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February 2nd, 2015
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Cheryl Baxter
Thank you Christy! This is actually my friends hand. The place where we go and hike is a common birding point and the birds are very tame. They will fly to your hand, with or without food (they are so used to being fed). Among the birds are, Chickadees and White & Red-breasted nuthatches!