Does not undertake large-scale irruptions (unlike the red-breasted nuthatch), but white-breasteds in the Rockies regularly move onto the Great Plains, and some northern birds disperse. Found in ...
One of life's little pleasures is to watch birds coming to the feeder in the winter. Frequent visitors to my feeder include cardinals, chickadees, tufted titmice, house finches, downy woodpeckers, ...
Flight: undulating and resembling a short-tailed woodpecker; white diagonal subterminal band on tail sometimes visible in flight. This is the only North American nuthatch with a broad white ...
and white-breasted nuthatch. These birds offer a range of distinctive colors that can make it easier for a young child or an older person to tell the birds apart as they're watching the feeder.
Caption One of the rarest birds in the western hemisphere, the Bahama Nuthatch, has been rediscovered by research teams searching the island of Grand Bahama. The finding is particularly ...