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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — It's Tuesday, and you know what that means: adorable furballs and wiggle-butts looking for their fur-ever family! Today we met Nuthatch, a gorgeous orange kitty looking for a ...

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. It ...

Plus, life in the tropics, a test for seed freshness and “tin horn” nuthatches heading our way.

Nuthatches are small, lovable birds that visit bird feeders at all times of the year. Known for the way they are able to walk down trunks and branches head first, this unique locomotion makes them ...

This nasally call should be familiar to everyone who feeds birds or tromps through the woods. It's the sound made by a white-breasted nuthatch staying in touch with a partner, as these natty birds ...

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 ...

Getting kids interested in bird watching might be as simple as adding a little excitement. And what could be more exciting than the Great Nuthatch Hunt of 2017? Spring is the perfect time to grab ...

What Does a Brown-Headed Nuthatch Look Like? These brown-capped songbirds sport a white nape spot and pale off-white ...

Oct. 24—The reintroduction of brown-headed nuthatches is succeeding in the Missouri Ozarks, according to the latest survey by the Missouri Department of Conservation. The department is working with ...

I was sitting on my porch enjoying my morning coffee. It's a daily ritual of mine, as it is for many people, I'm sure. The main point of my ritual, of course, is to look and listen for what birds are ...

A reader wrote me: “Today I noticed a little tree wren (I don’t know what else to call it) that is gray with a dark head and a white stripe along each side above the eye. It has a pointy little beak ...