[CT Birds] nuthatch

[Katz1449 at aol.com]

>From Bev Propen  11/30  8:15 AM
 
Orange backyard feeder
 
I fill my backyard feeders (and bird baths) every morning as the birds  wait 
in the trees to get their breakfast.  This morning, "my" Red breasted  
nuthatch apparently was impatient.
It  dive bombed me as I was removing the sunflower chip feeder to  refill it. 
I heard its wings next to my head.
It sat in the branches just an arm length from me as I filled the  feeder .
I hung the feeder back up and the RB nuthatch immediately came to one of  the 
perches on the feeder.  I just stood there watching it as it hopped to  the 
other perches on the feeder and it watched me as well. We were so close to  
each other. It grabbed a seed and flew off.   It was a very  personal and special 
nature moment for me.  Several years ago, I had one  brave chickadee land on 
my hand as I was filling my feeders, and this was my  second up close and 
personal moment with a feathered  backyard  visitor.  Very cool!



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