Most of our songbirds are skittish creatures, looking about nervously and fleeing at the slightest movement. I rarely get close to them. They will get relatively close if I am motionless for a long period of time. But there are exceptions. Here's the most striking. I have tended feeders while a Brown Headed Nuthatch works its favorite spots, and this species tends to regard me with mild interest only. Today I got within inches of a nuthatch and the bird didn't flinch. Yet it is the smallest of our visitors! I let this one go about its business and did what I set to do only after it finished and moved off: always nice to send a message that I am perhaps not a bad guy. But I am still marvelling at what some species are willing to tolerate!
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Lucky you! I've never had one at a feeder.
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