October 27, 2026
Monday Mystery Answered
On Monday I wrote… Yesterday morning, top Celery Farm Nature Preserve birder Julie McCall saw an unusual-looking hawk over the…
Here's a bird you don't see up North. Taken in the Francis Marion National Forest in South Carolina last month. It was a lifer for me.
What is it?
Brown-headed Nut! Love these birds. They nest as close to NJ as Cape Henlepen SP in Delaware–if anyone wants to try to add them to their list.
Brown- headed Nuthatch.
I am probably 100% wrong, and I am almost afraid to post this, but my guess is a Pygmy Nuthatch.
3 comments
RF
Brown-headed Nut! Love these birds. They nest as close to NJ as Cape Henlepen SP in Delaware–if anyone wants to try to add them to their list.
Rosemarie Widmer
Brown- headed Nuthatch.
Carol
I am probably 100% wrong, and I am almost afraid to post this, but my guess is a Pygmy Nuthatch.