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Nutty NuthatchBrown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla), Sandy Springs, Georgia, April 9, 2009, 3:47 pm, by Dawn Lane Vornholt
Published: June 19, 2009  Nutty Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla), by Dawn Lane Vornholt
The nuthatch allowed Vornholt within 10 feet while it fed at a nearby seed cache. Then she moved one step closer, and the bird stopped everything.
Freezing with its tail fanned and beak open, it looked at her without making a sound for several seconds.
Vornholt immediately thought the bird was reacting to her or to its own reflection on her camera lens, but then she realized another nuthatch was approaching from the other side. Uncertain who was the target of the display, she got several shots, including this one, using her continuous drive. |
Equipment used
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM, lens hood
Settings: ISO 640, 1/400, f5.6, aperture priority AE, spot metering, low-speed continuous shooting
Focus mode: AI Focus AF
Exposure Comp: +1/3 EV
Light: Natural, no flash, auto exposure mode
Format: JPEG
Adjustments: Unsharp mask applied at 31%, radius 1, threshold 2, dust delete data enabled |
Meet the photographer
BIRD LOVER: Dawn Lane Vornholt has been a birder for many years and a Birder's World subscriber for almost three years, but she is new to our online photography forum and galleries. In fact, the nuthatch was the first photo she posted! Her husband's gift of a 100-400mm lens for their Canon 40D spurred her recent bird photography. When Dawn isn't birdwatching, she volunteers as a court-appointed special advocate for children in deprivation hearings. |
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