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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. is home to four species of nuthatches: white-breasted, red-breasted, brown-headed and pygmy. White-breasted nuthatches are probably the most familiar nuthatch to backyard birders in this area ...

Despite being one of the more common local birds, you may have never seen a Pygmy nuthatch. Their miniscule four-inch-long bodies are easy to overlook. They thrive in conifer forest, especially ...

So far, this fall has brought more birds and more variety of birds to local backyards. The white-breasted nuthatch, a fairly common bird in our area, is just a little more common than usual lately.

It's that little bird that often climbs down the trunk of the tree head first. The only bird that is able to do so, it is the nuthatch's foot structure that makes this behavior possible. It has two ...

The list of birds associated with November runs to a dozen or more species, including eagles, swans, woodpeckers, northern owls and northern hawks, snow buntings, redpolls, siskins, juncos and so on.