Curious as in "exciting attention as strange, novel, or unexpected".
This little fellow was sitting in this position one recent early morning for over 20 minutes. I knew he wasn't dead, because I could see him blinking. I became concerned that he was frozen to the mesh (it was around 20 degrees), so I went outside to investigate. He just sat there blinking as I slowly approached. He finally flew when I was about two feet away.
He is a White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis).
This little fellow was sitting in this position one recent early morning for over 20 minutes. I knew he wasn't dead, because I could see him blinking. I became concerned that he was frozen to the mesh (it was around 20 degrees), so I went outside to investigate. He just sat there blinking as I slowly approached. He finally flew when I was about two feet away.
He is a White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis).
That seems really unusual. Yes, curious. I imagine the persons participating in the forum at the local BirdChat at Rarebird.org would be happy to weigh in.
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