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• Brown-headed Nuthatch - Tuesday 24 February 2009

I took a very pleasant stroll along the trails at Tall Timbers Research Station this morning and had a little under 50 species in 3 hours or so. The highlight was an encounter with 2 very obliging and unconcerned Brown-headed Nuthatches. Both birds fed on a burnt pine snag about 20 feet away and allowed me to take a few digiscope shots. Past experiences involving digiscoping this species have all ended in total failure so I was a bit chuffed that these guys gave me the opportunity. Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla Other birds of note along the trails included 4 Pine Siskins and 3 Purple Martins had returned to their Gannet Pond gourd villa. Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus The Red-headed Woodpeckers were, as usual, very obvious and very territorial this morning. I guess spring is not that far away here in the Florida panhandle. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus

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