Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: EXPLORE

White-breasted Nuthatches have priority over the Chickadees, so this Chickadee is about to make a hasty exit! Our weather has warmed up suddenly (up to +7C this p.m.) and, though I did see the little Downy Woodpecker this afternoon, I guess he just wasn't sufficiently desperate for food that he would fly down to hand feed again. The highest this got in Explore was #236 on 6tth December 2006.

This was my very first bird photo, when I was new to "birding". In fact, I had no idea what kind of bird it was until I got home and did a little research. This photo, taken almost two and a half years ago, got me totally "hooked" on nature photography. These small birds will fly to your hand to feed, though hand-feeding is rather frowned upon.