{"id":3420,"date":"2012-12-29T06:56:56","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T11:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2012-12-29T06:56:56","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T11:56:56","slug":"nuthatch-on-the-suet-feeder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=3420","title":{"rendered":"Nuthatch on the Suet Feeder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I like White-breasted Nuthatches. I like all the Nuthatches. They are quick and vibrant, acrobatic and always interesting. My feeding station this year is not, so far, tremendously successful. I am getting a few birds in a mixed flock at long intervals during the day. Mostly Titmice, a few Chickadees, and some Juncos. The Blue Jays come when it is snowing. But mostly the feeder and suet blocks hang lonely. I suspect that I may be the only one feeding for miles, so the birds have to leave their regularly scheduled route<\/em> from feeder to feeder to get to me. I have put out premium seed and suet, so that can\u2019t be it (or shouldn\u2019t be it). The White-breasted Nuthatches have come only twice when I have been there to see them. And we have had only one Red-breasted.<\/p>\n

Besides the obvious, I had a particular reason for putting the feeding station up this year. I have a new digiscoping camera I need to practice with. So far the combination of birds on the feeders and good light has been a challenge. Still a new camera is always fun.<\/p>\n

Sony RX100 behind the 30x eyepiece of my ZEISS DiaScope 65FL spotting scope for the equivalent field of view of a 2640mm lens. 1\/100th @ ISO 800. Program with \u20131\/3EV exposure compensation. f15 effective aperture. <\/p>\n

Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness. <\/p>\n

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