The presence of this nuthatch is typically announced by its nasal calls. The red-breasted nuthatch has the un­usual habit of smearing resin around the entrance hole to its nest, presumably to deter ...

Sitting on a bench surrounded by 70-foot-tall Norway spruces, I watch a red-breasted nuthatch take a peanut from a feeder in my front yard. There’s a cool breeze on this sunny autumn day, and I know ...

Now, there's evidence of a modest invasion from the North and East. The invader is a tiny bird, the red-breasted nuthatch. This species is familiar here, but mostly as a migrant. Summer records are ...

Nuthatches prefer a headfirst stance as they search for food in the nooks and crannies in tree trunks and branches. The U.S. is home to four species of nuthatches: white-breasted, red-breasted, ...

What is with that crazy bird? Why does he just climb down the tree then fly to the top and then climb down again? It is a nuthatch. It’s habit of hopping headfirst down tree trunks helps it see ...

Hidden behind the needled boughs of a spruce tree that rises from my yard, a group of nuthatches was having an animated conversation. It seemed early in the day to engage in such lively chatter, but ...

I love to visit the oak woodlands at any season. There’s always something going on, between migratory birds and the year-round presence of titmice, chickadees, jays and white-breasted nuthatches. This ...

As soon as a glimmer of gray light brightens the eastern horizon, the hidden sleeping birds awaken, hungry after enduring another cold January night. Cardinals are usually the first to appear. The ...