Nature Center Today (fairly image heavy)

[CaraRose]

Nice and sunny, a little blindingly so with the snow, but made for a nice walk. Lots of variety out there today

This guy's new to me... Brown Creeper? Love the beak.



Squirrel on the Run



Squirrel on a Wire



Male Downy





Junco



Hairy Woodpecker



Squirrel Thief



Beware Falling Nuthatches!



White Breasted Nuthatch





Red Belly, behind a ton of branches unfortunately



Female Downy









Red Breasted Nuthatch, best I could get



Downy Taking Off



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And of course the obligatory deer.. These are two fairly tame yearlings that are often around.









Got some good reflections in the eyes...

[OldClicker]

Nice series. I bet you enjoyed being out. Love the 'falling nuthatch'. I have noticed that they often take off that way. - TF

[paulnj]

great series and how awesome is that to get an image of a brown creeper.

[CaraRose]

It was definitely great to be out, OC. Nice to have a sunny day in Chicagoland once in awhile.

Thanks Paul, are the Creeper's less common or just hard to spot and get a shot of? I took a couple dozen shots but very few turned out well... they're fast!

[paulnj]

ALWAYS MOVING, hard to spot, extremely high pitched call notes and less numorous than most birds in winter....

[SARtech]

Yes there has been some pretty sunnier days around here finally. Really enjoyed your post.

[Grandpaw]

All are nice but my favorite is the shot of the two squirrels, Jeff