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 ...

No one likes to get duped by fake news, including the red-breasted nuthatch. A year-round resident of the Inland Northwest, this quirky little bird does its best to verify information before ...

What is with that crazy bird? Why does he just climb down the tree then fly to the top and then climb down again? It is a nuthatch. It’s habit of hopping headfirst down tree trunks helps it see ...

Hidden behind the needled boughs of a spruce tree that rises from my yard, a group of nuthatches was having an animated conversation. It seemed early in the day to engage in such lively chatter, but ...

Nuthatch Diet: What Do Nuthatches Eat? The most common backyard nuthatches are white-breasted nuthatches and red-breasted nuthatches. Other North American nuthatches can be found in specialized ...