The red-breasted nuthatch has the un­usual habit of smearing resin around the entrance hole to its nest, ... Calls are higher and more nasal than the white-breasted nuthatch’s. Song: a rapid, ...

Back in 2004, in what now seems like another life, I had a memorable experience on my way to work. Walking east along Wacker Drive, I noticed what looked like a leaf floating toward the sidewalk.

The tiny Red-breasted Nuthatch is smaller than a sparrow, so its call may be more noticeable, sounding like a kid blowing a tin trumpet in the forest. Their high-pitched nasally call is an ...

The white-breasted nuthatch is a familiar bird to many feeders in our region. This small songbird is snowy white below and wears a coat of slate-blue above. A bold black stripe caps its head and neck.

The white-breasted nuthatch is often observed walking and probing head-down on the trunks of large conifers in mature wooded areas. The first impression is a small bird with a very white head and ...

Mention the name “nuthatch” and most people will think of the white-breasted nuthatch, a year-around resident lured to many feeding stations in the Lehigh Valley region.In winter, however, the ...

If you see a very agile, active little bird hopping down a tree trunk headfirst, or hanging upside down, it is probably a nuthatch; maybe a red-breasted or a white-breasted nuthatch. I’ve always ...

Last Tuesday afternoon as I stared out the kitchen window, the birds that were feasting at the feeders and on the ground below had me mesmerized. I expected cardinals but didn’t see even one … ...

Like mountain chickadees, juniper titmice and pygmy and red-breasted nuthatches, the white-breasted nuthatch depends upon trees for food and for nesting.

Winter bird feeding brings countless hours of pleasure to thousands of Iowans statewide. Observing our backyard visitors becomes even more interesting whenever a rare or unusual species makes a ...

It was neither a white-breasted nuthatch nor a brown-headed nuthatch — the two most common nuthatch species in Georgia. It was a red-breasted nuthatch, an infrequent winter visitor in these parts.

Less gregarious than other nuthatches, the white-breasted nuthatch is typically seen singly or in pairs. In fall and winter, it regularly forms small mixed-species flocks, but a single flock ...