Great Lakes region, USA. April 2026.
I’m so happy to have finally taken decent photos of one. He’s quite the specimen too. He knows he’s the prettiest bird at the feeder. Even if he’s a messy eater.
Those are wonderful shots! thank you, this has brightened my day.
Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad to have helped, even a little.
But what is it that makes him deadly?
Deadly for small insects.
The detail in that last picture!!! We mostly seem to have white-breasted nuthatches here in my area. Great pics as usual!
Yeah I rarely see the red-breasted ones. While the white-breasted nuthaches are more common, I haven’t seen any in a few weeks.
A bit scruffier than the UK equivalent (and it isn’t upside down, so clearly not a real nuthatch!) but fine photos of a fine bird!
I watched this little guy for about 20 minutes and he never once did the upside down thing. Very strange indeed for a nuthatch. I think he was more curious about the bird feeder and all the chickadees, white-throated, sparrows, white-crowned sparrows, tree sparrows, dark-eyed juncos, and squirrels mobbing the feeder. Someone had dumped like 4lbs of seed and the animals were going nuts over it.
“someone” indeed.
Lol, I do bring seed for the birds, but not 4lbs of seed.
