{Yorkshire wildlife photographer}: nuthatch nest building

A dull morning but I thought I ought to make a quick check of the nuthatch nest building in an old woodpecker hole in a large oak tree alongside the River Went. The birds were very busy closing down the hole with mud and leaves but the light mid morning was atrocious for photography, shooting directly into a milky sun/white sky which gave me a lot of flare on the lens. I swapped my old 500mm AF-S lens with it’s outrageously deep lens hood for a newer 500mm AF-S VR lens, which only has a shallow hood, and so I paid the price with some low contrast images. I think by late afternoon, especially on a good day, the sun will be cross lighting the nest hole and will be better for images. I will go back one evening this week and try and improve on these record shots.
nuthatch nest building

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