Black-and-white Nuthatch :-)

[Daniel Cadieux]

OK, it's actually a Black-and-white Warbler but as most of you know this species' climbing behaviour is quite like the nuthatches. Head down, upside down, clinging to trunks and bark. I remember reading somewhere that early birders actually considered them to be nuthatches! Anyhow, this guy popped up out of nowhere and I had time to fire off two frames...this one, and the second a beautiful empty perch :)

Canon 40D + 100-400L @400mm, 1/320s., f/7.1, ISO 400, -0.7EC, natural light, handheld, sitting inside hide, about 80% full-frame.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_Black-and-White_6336-01.jpg

[Steve Canuel]

Hi Daniel,
Good view of that eye. A somewhat plain bird but quite handsome in his own way. I like the angle of the body pointing into the opening framed by the upper and lower branches.
Steve

[Doug Brown]

Love the BG in this one Daniel! Bird is nice and sharp with great eye contact. I'm wondering if the blacks could be a little blacker. Like it a lot!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Evolution is a great thing, new species almost every day. :) I like the pose, details and eye contact. Maybe a bit more room at the top.

[Arthur Morris]

I really like this one but the folks above do all make some valid points... Was this a migrant or a local breeder?

[Ramon M. Casares]

I like it very much, the fact that the BG says something about the ambient without bothering much is osmething i alawys like! Congratulations!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I really like this one but the folks above do all make some valid points... Was this a migrant or a local breeder?

Thanks Artie. This is a local breeder. BTW this is the female which is somewhat duller than the bolder and quite striking male.

[GehringT]

Dan......Great image and composition. This is a really tough bird to catch in such a nice pose. I like the eye contact, BG and angle of the pose. I saw a bunch of these guys at Crane Creek State Park, OH as they were migrating through. However, I did not get any images as good as this one. Congratulations!

Tim

[Bill Sharkey]

Daniel,
Great pose and color but the BG is fab.

Bill