Red-breasted Nuthatch

[Joe Senzatimore]

At West End this AM. Usually get a good amount of white-breasted here but only a few of these. Only saw two this morning and managed a few shots before it was gone.

250ISO f 5.6 at 1/640th
40% crop

[Fabs Forns]

Very beautiful, Joe. I would burn the foliage on the right around the edges to keep the viewers attention inside the image.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great find and capture. It's pretty early for this species to be this far south already. I like the pose and details and agree with Fabs regarding toning down the highlights a bit.