Description: At 4.5 inches long, one of Georgia’s smallest songbirds; brown cap and narrow, dark eyeline; white spot on the back of the neck is visible at close range; grayish wings, back, and tail ...

Ounce for ounce, few birds pack as much interesting biology into their tiny frames as the brown-headed nuthatch (Sitta pusilla). This cavity-nesting songbird, found only in Southern pinelands, has a ...

RISING temperatures are attracting a new species of bird to move north and breed in the Lothians for the first time. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...

If you see a very agile, active little bird hopping down a tree trunk headfirst, or hanging upside down, it is probably a nuthatch; maybe a red-breasted or a white-breasted nuthatch. I’ve always ...

Getting kids interested in bird watching might be as simple as adding a little excitement. And what could be more exciting than the Great Nuthatch Hunt of 2017? Spring is the perfect time to grab ...

Community-wide food pulses may ameliorate food constraints but may also result in increased competition for other resources and predation rates. In cavity-nesting vertebrate communities, where the ...

My morning routine for feeding backyard birds includes spreading bark butter on a pine tree while an impatient white-breasted nuthatch utters a high-pitched nasal call, sounding like “thank, thank.” ...