POTD 10/20/25
JUST THE RIGHT ONE - A Nuthatch tosses a sunflower seed aside to select a different one. Nuthatches (like Chickadees and Titmice) do not eat right at the feeder. They carry food away to be consumed on a perch. The energy to fly back and forth to eat or hide the seed they get makes the choice of seed that much more important. You can see the Nuthatch sorting the seeds, apparently judging the weight, as a way of guessing the fat content to get the most out of the energy expended.
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Bill(non-registered)
Nice pic. To get a photo like that requires extreme patience or a camera mounted nearby triggered by motion.
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