Some recent bird photos I took in our backyard. First up, white-breasted nuthatches, who are niche feeders who specialize in going headfirst going down trees, which gives them different feeding opportunities than woodpeckers, who feed going up trees.
This male nuthatch periodically bends himself into an "L" so he can keep an eye on his surroundings.
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Female nuthatches are differentiated from the males by having a blue-grey head instead of black.
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Nuthatches use threat displays to try to ward off other birds from food sources as shown by the male below. In my observations, however, the only birds who pay attention are other nuthatches. Even the meek chickadees are like, "Dude, really?"
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I caught a dark-eyed junco making a rare trip to the top of our feeder pole; they little birds usually prefer being on the ground.
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The last photo is a tufted titmouse nicely posing with his crest up and a nice diffuse background of rusty fallen leaves.
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