Nature Done Wright

Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs

January 7, 2022

Red-breasted Nuthatch at Our Feeder

Happy to see the Red-breasted Nuthatch back at the feeder after the snow.

Hadn't seen it in a while, and then it returned yesterday.

It can be seen from the Celery Farm path, either on a feeder or in the tall pine by the feeders, but it is quite unreliable.

This from a birding column I wrote in 2016…

Keep your eyes and ears peeled. Tiny, charismatic birds called Red-breasted Nuthatches could appear anytime in a backyard or park near you — making a distinctive nasal yank-yank-yank call as they go. …

Red-breasted nuthatches are about two-thirds the size of their white-breasted relatives, and there’s a strong family resemblance, except for that beautiful russet chest.