Friday, November 5, 2010

Red Breasted Nuthatch -

 


An intense bundle of energy at our feeder, that moves so quickly it is very hard for me to photograph.  Red-breasted Nuthatches are tiny, active birds of north woods and western mountains. These long-billed, short-tailed songbirds travel through tree canopies with chickadees, kinglets, and woodpeckers but stick to tree trunks and branches, where they search bark furrows for hidden insects. Their excitable yank-yank calls sound like tiny tin horns being honked in the treetops. They seem to enjoy the suet I provide.
Click below to hear their song.

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