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 ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- At your feeder, particularly if it is stocked with sunflower seeds, look for this small bird with an oddly upturned bill. This is a red-breasted nuthatch, a birdlet with a spirited ...

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 ...