Characteristics: A 4-inch-long bird with a stout, chisel-like bill, grayish-blue back and pale, buffy undersides. The head has a brownish cap, thick black eyeline and white cheeks. Range: Found ...

Pygmy nuthatches are frequent visitors to our winter suet feeder. Delightful small birds, Sitta pygmacea often perch upside down. Routinely, we see three to four, their quick movements captivating.

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 ...

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 ...

A pygmy nuthatch snacks from a bird feeder outside the Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance headquarters at McClellan Ranch Preserve in Cupertino on Sept. 19, 2025. Photo by Magali Gauthier. A dozen ...

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 ...

Pine trees have the mountain chickadee, redbrested nuthatch, the pygmy nuthatch and the yellow rumped warbler to thank for large, healthy branches. A new University of Colorado study shows that when ...

Old bones are cold bones, I've heard it said, and my old bones have been sticking pretty close to home. That's why I don't have a bird of my own to present this week. Instead, I decided to borrow one.

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 ...

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 ...