I was very surprised today when a red-breasted nuthatch allowed me to sit and photograph him from only a few inches away (until his buddy showed up so they could fight over the feeder :P).
I’ve never been that close to one without being very still. This one let me walk right up and didn’t even stop to look at me.
That’s so cool! Great photos!
@giannamaria, if you’re comfortable doing so, drop me a message. Depending on where you’re going to be in Florida, I might be able to recommend some off-the-beaten-track spots. 
Beautiful! I get those guys, too, but have never gotten close to one.
Is that a homemade pine cone feeder with peanut butter, or something like that?
Just keep feeding them every day, and you’ll get to the point where they just come to your hand to eat!
Yep, they’re pinecone feeders with peanut butter and birdseed. The nuthatches really like them.
I’ve handfed five different species of bird so far. Red-breasted nuthatches, black capped chickadees, common redpolls, white-winged crossbills, and red crossbills. I’ve also gotten a boreal chickadee to land in my hand but it didn’t eat the seed and instead bit my finger 
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This was a good day for birding for me. I am still inside (because I am sick and it is cold), but my bird feeders are fortunately close to the window.
Both types of crested birds came today:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251070913
And there were plenty of chickadees, too:
Two squirrels came to tell me that these were not only bird feeders:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251070909, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251070912
And Mr. Bird of the Week, a junco, finally showed up:
Got a red-breasted nuthatch to land on my glove today but didn’t get very good photos of it (terrible photos :P).
So cool thanks for sharing your observations.
Hope you start feeling better soon. So you can get outside and make more great memories.
You’re like a bird whisper. Lol. Cool observations!
This evening I got to see another American kestrel chasing a Northern Cardinal. I wish I could have got it on video. Here is my most recent birding adventure checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201869891
I am so happy this topic has been growing. Keep up the great conversations y’all!
Have a great rest of your weekend!
I wish I could put my bird feeders back up, but I attracted rats, so I no longer can pout them up :(
Hey y’all, I wondered if y’all thought it would be fun to vote in what the bird on the week would be?
I personally think it would be awesome. The bird who got the most votes would end up being the bird of the week. Answer as soon as possible because tomorrow is Monday and Monday is when I share the bird of the week.
Thanks!
I thought it could be nice if the bird of the week was a group of birds such as just “hawk” instead of red-shouldered hawk or whatever, so it would people from around the world could participate. As for what should be this week’s bird, I suggest a finch.
That sucks. Maybe you could build a barred owl nest box so the rats would be eaten?
I agree! Choosing a group of birds would give more opportunity to find them.
Voting sounds like a good idea!
Alrighty. Voting it is. I agree with everything y’all have said. I will create the pole every Sunday. Which ever group of species wins will be the one for this coming week.
Thanks for the feedback!
In NC mountains we have had lots of snowbirds heading to Florida and have plenty of Dark-eyed Juncos migrating down from higher elevations and latitudes.
