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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I love to visit the oak woodlands at any season. There’s always something going on, between migratory birds and the year-round presence of titmice, chickadees, jays and white-breasted nuthatches. This ...