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 ...

On a recent walk in the Maine woods, I heard a red-breasted nuthatch calling softly to itself. It was six feet above me in a large white pine, climbing down the tree head first. Looking through my ...

On a recent walk in the Maine woods, I heard a red-breasted nuthatch calling softly to itself. It was 6 feet above me in a large white pine, climbing down the tree headfirst. Looking through my ...

One of my favorite feeder visitors is the white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis). I should probably qualify that description by admitting that any bird that visits my home is a “favorite bird” ...

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 ...

No one likes to get duped by fake news, including the red-breasted nuthatch. A year-round resident of the Inland Northwest, this quirky little bird does its best to verify information before ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 24—The reintroduction of brown-headed nuthatches is succeeding in the Missouri Ozarks, according to the latest survey by the ...

The three have a reputation of being fearless, curious and friendly. The Carolina chickadee is typically the leader of flocks of small birds that also usually include tufted titmice and white-breasted ...

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 extended ...