One of our backyard white-breasted nuthatches doing what nuthatches do - running up and down trees, most often upside-down, stashing seeds and nuts. This is a young one - one of this year’s brood that hatched nearby just a few weeks ago. The 70-ish-year old American elm on which it is perched is unfortunately not long for this world. Like most American elms, it has been destroyed by Dutch elm disease, and with large limbs hanging over our house, we are having it removed next week.
White-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) | My Backyard | Louisville, KY
500mm | 1/250th second | f/8.0 | ISO4500