Chickadee and nuthatch.

[JayinMN]

[Jim Almquist]

Those are some very sharp shots Jason. Did it get so cold last night that those little guys froze in place Love the look on that Nuthatch.

[Dbl]

Very nice shots.

[Birdsong]

That nuttie is absolutely beautiful!! I don't know--that one really rivals your frog. Both are perfect.

[finnbay]

Nuthatch is top notch!

[MN Shutterbug]

Gotta love the nutty. The bg is perfect. I still haven't got a good rb nutty shot. They are few and far between around here. Actually, the last time I was at the bog last winter, I saw just one.

[wishing for walleyes]

Very very nice pictures.Love the detail in the first one.

[Borealhunter]

Jay love the Red-breasted Nuthatch photo!! Hope to bump into you this winter in the bog.

Mike

[Jim Jensen]

Very nice pictures. I like the Red Breasted Nuthatch picture. Since I don't have my bird guide commited to memory yet I didn't know they exist. I have the White Brested Nuthatch at my feeder quite often. I am guessing the Red Breasted must not be as fond of the suburbs since I haven't seen them at my feeder.

[Jim Almquist]

Gotta love the nutty. The bg is perfect. I still haven't got a good rb nutty shot. They are few and far between around here. Actually, the last time I was at the bog last winter, I saw just one.

Just need to be further north The little buggers are at my feeder all day long.

[Birdsong]

I still haven't got a good rb nutty shot. They are few and far between around here. Actually, the last time I was at the bog last winter, I saw just one.

Um--there's one coming to my feeders. Sucker for the peanuts.

[Nymph]

Fabulous rb shot. I hope to get a few hanging around the feeder this winter.

[JayinMN]

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Actually, the last time I was at the bog last winter, I saw just one.

If it was the one on Admiral Rd, she was the first RB nuthatch to frequent that feeder. I never saw one there years prior. The feeder down in Meadowlands has a bunch of them and so does my yard.

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I am guessing the Red Breasted must not be as fond of the suburbs since I haven't seen them at my feeder.

RB nuthatches prefer mature coniferous forests so they are not as common around suburban areas because most suburbs consist of hardwoods.

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Fabulous rb shot. I hope to get a few hanging around the feeder this winter.

If nothing else take a road trip north to the Sax-Zim bog and you could get RB nuthatches, boreal chickadees, gray jays, hawk owls, great gray owls, redpolls, pine grosebeaks, American three toed and and black backed woodpeckers.