#nuthatches

[occasionallybirds]

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

February 3, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[albertonykus]

Wrens, nuthatches, and treecreepers are members of Certhioidea, a group of generally small but highly charismatic birds. One of my favorite songbird clades.

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Red-breasted Nuthatch

Photo: Becky Matsubara

"With its quiet calls and dense coniferous forest habitat, this nuthatch may be overlooked until it wanders down a tree toward the ground. It often shows little fear of humans, and may come very close to a person standing quietly in a conifer grove. Red-breasted Nuthatches nest farther north and higher in the mountains than their relatives; when winter food crops fail in these boreal forests, they may migrate hundreds of miles to the south."

- Audubon Field Guide

[antiqueanimals]

Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine; November 1973 edition. Signed Sandström.

Internet Archive

[spinus-pinus]

White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis

8/5/2022 Orange County, California

[snototter]

A Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) in Gothenberg, Sweden

by Hanna Knutsson

[birdingblog]

[ID: A photo of a female white-breasted nuthatch perched sideways on a suet feeder. End ID]

White-breasted nuthatch (sitta carolinensis)

October 14th, 2024

My yard, Minnesota

[ostdrossel]

When nothing much

is going on, there’s still some activity apart from the MoDos. I call them the tiny crowd, and they are usually the first to greet me when I open the buffet in the morning. I often just stand ofr a bit to watch them, and they just make me smile. There’s two kinds of Nuthatches - the very human-friendly teensy Redbreasted and the more shy but equally diligent Whitebreasted. You can tell male and females apart by the color of the broad center stripe on their head. Males have a jetblack one, females more grey. Also belonging to the tiny crowd - the choir in the back, friendly Chickadees and Titmice. Come good into Wednesday!

[shinygremlin]

Red-Breasted Nuthatch (1/30/2023)

[pmg227]

Favorite Bird Photos of September '24

“Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches. From Your lofty abode You water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.” Psalm 104:12-13 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Bluebird (fledgling) Eastern Bluebird Brown-headed Nuthatch Black & White Warbler Ruby-throated Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Cape May Warbler American…

[occasionallybirds]

Dude, careful, you're standing on poison ivy!

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

Feb 27, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[possumnest]

i made a calendar! and you can pre-order it here!

it features 12 illustrations of my favorite native north american birds on every page, and for an extra $10 you can get a sticker bundle of 5 of the bird designs!

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Brown-headed Nuthatch

Photo: Jamie Chavez

"A small nuthatch of the southeastern pine forests. Found in pairs or family groups all year, it is often heard before it is seen; the birds call to each other constantly as they busily clamber about on the branches. In winter, small groups of Brown-headed Nuthatches often join mixed foraging flocks including chickadees, woodpeckers, and Pine Warblers."

- Audubon Field Guide

[antiqueanimals]

The Child's Picture Scrap Book. Containing Upwards of Four Hundred Illustrations by John Gilbert, J. D. Watson, Wolf, Coleman, etc. 1865.

Internet Archive

[michaelnordeman]

Värmland, Sweden (November 4, 2023).

[birdingblog]

(ID: Four photos of a white-breasted nuthatch in an oak tree. It's perched upright in the first two, and in the second two it maneuvers to hang upside-down from the branch. End ID]

White-breasted nuthatch (sitta carolinensis)

July 23rd, 2024

My yard, Minnesota