The red-breasted nuthatch is a handsome bird. The male sports a dark cap, white eyebrow, black line through the eye, orangish underparts and blue-gray back.
December 20, 2018
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December 20, 2018 midnight
Red-breasted nuthatch: The upside-down bird
When I was out at the bird feeder on the east side of our house last week I realized the red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis) was one of my favorite backyard visitors. He seemed impossibly small, and virtually weightless. He was feathered perfection.