Pygmy Nuthatch -07
(Sitta pygmaea) Bertram Creek Regional Park, BC.
"Who says there's no free lunch?"
This is by far the very best shot of this species I have ever taken (and, perhaps, will ever get), so I'm placing it out of order in the 'stream. Photo -06 is the poorest of the bird, but most interesting in terms of the Tent Caterpillar, a potentially horrible pest that even worm-eating birds eschew! The caption is probably misleading. I didn't see our little friend indulge, and don't know if TCats are in its diet or not. I hope so, however, because I really hate TCatsm, which we ran into in disgusting numbers in Saskatchewan in 2017! See this link (an image from my blog, BirdsandMusings:
birdsandmusings.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/tent-caterpil...
Pygmy Nuthatch -07
(Sitta pygmaea) Bertram Creek Regional Park, BC.
"Who says there's no free lunch?"
This is by far the very best shot of this species I have ever taken (and, perhaps, will ever get), so I'm placing it out of order in the 'stream. Photo -06 is the poorest of the bird, but most interesting in terms of the Tent Caterpillar, a potentially horrible pest that even worm-eating birds eschew! The caption is probably misleading. I didn't see our little friend indulge, and don't know if TCats are in its diet or not. I hope so, however, because I really hate TCatsm, which we ran into in disgusting numbers in Saskatchewan in 2017! See this link (an image from my blog, BirdsandMusings:
birdsandmusings.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/tent-caterpil...