You might think that it is only large birds that interest me, but that isn't true. Small birds are actually harder to film. You have to employ much different strategies to successfully capture their images - especially close-up photos like this white-breasted nuthatch.
My wife and I have a bird feeder on a railing of the deck in back which attracts a great variety of birds throughout the year. Since it is there year-round, they are very comfortable visiting the feeder. Many will gather on the branches above the feeder awaiting a turn to grab a seed. Many of the branches are level with the second floor windows. On this day, I had taken the lower sash out of the bathroom window and was shooting birds as they landed on the branches. If I had tried to go out on the deck, they would have scattered, but they are use to seeing us in the windows occasionally, so it doesn't frighten them, although they do get curious about the clicking of the shutter.
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