Chickadees & Nuthatches hand fed

Here is some footage of chickadees and nuthatches coming to eat some seeds I have arranged on my hand. But it ain't always easy for them as they do get into minor skirmishes over who gets first choice. I left out the commentary so you could hear the birds vocally and also hear their wings beating as they flew in for the seeds. The white breasted nuthatch liked to dance around on the tree in the background, but never came to eat out of my hand... it did find the odd seed that the other birds dropped at my feet though.

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Pets & Animals

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• chickadee
• nuthatch
• Ron
• bird
• birds
• wildlife
• nature
• Syria
• wilderness
• barfsoup
• hand
• belgium
• fed
• cute
• Brighton
• Brussels

[neegee]

I wanna do that!

[Barfsoup]

Hi!! - yes it is fun to go down to the park from time to time and visit with my feathered friends!

[magedeth]

You can't imagine how envious I am to see this :). For how long would you wait until they are encouraged to eat from your hand.. amazing videos.. thanks a lot for posting

[Barfsoup]

Thanks! I was lucky because they came to me without me really coaxing them. Somebody else must have been feeding them by hand and I just happened by. The first time I saw them; they were landing on my hand (or hat) without me even having anything for them to eat. I brought food for them on my second trip there.

[CanadianRailer]

Im the first one to watch this video!!!!! Wow, I can here the bluejay too, and the chick-a-dee-dee-dee's. I love seeing both the red and white breasted nuthatch. What a beautiful place this is where you film at, what location?

[Barfsoup]

Wow you were really quick! I was sorta hoping the blue jay would come in closer, but I think a nearby squirrel was pestering it. I was a bit surprised to see a couple of red breasted nuthatches; that was awesome! This was Presqu'ile Park near Brighton. I call this region of the Park "The sweet spot" because I just stand there and everything just comes to me.

[BlinkinFirefly]

for anyone who's ever hand fed bird's, you know what a joy it is! sigh....makes me wonder what im doing in florida....i miss feeding the chickadees up north...=)

[Ferddie2009]

great video, do they ever peck the seeds while in your hand?

[branjmel]

This is awesome,I am sitting by my window watching nuthatches eat from the feeder as I am viewing this!! Love it

[Acidburn24]

Where I feed them you can literally walk with your hand slightly out and they will just follow you on the trail. Very easy to hand feed them in some spots. A tip is to use sun oil seeds, they seem to love them.

[evillaugher]

I love the chickadee who got caught up in fussing and fell off instead of getting food.

[CLAYPEEPOLEZ]

i agree. i have just got a single bird (titmouse) to feed from my hand,and im already loving it!