A Winded Nuthatch Catches His Breath

A Winded Nuthatch Catches His Breath

After flying Kirplunk! into one of my dining-room windows, this fluffy little handful of feathers needed a cuddle in a warm jacket. He was stunned.

After the “heart to heart” he calmly posed on my deck rail while looking around for something familiar. This gave me the time to get a decent close-up.

No more than 10 minutes later, he was all rested up and flew the coop, heading directly toward Mommy who was calling from the maple tree next door.

I often wonder how these tiny animals can tolerate these head-on crashes. Do they all have flyers airbags in their little skulls?

29 Sep This entry was published on September 29, 2013 at 6:08 pm. It’s filed under Animals, Birds, Nature's Gifts, Wildlife and tagged airbags, nuthatch, recovery, window. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.