Red-Breasted Nuthatch mini prints are back in stock! I also have one more magnet of this guy available. I’ll be closing my store for the year on 12/20, so if there’s something you’re eyeing, order soon!
Red-breasted Nuthatch near the bird feeder at Audubon North Woods in Sandstone, Minnesota. #birds #birding #birdsofinstagram #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #audubonnorthwoods #audubonrelc #winterwitchcamp #bestbirdshots #redbreastednuthatch
January 4, 2017 – Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
These nuthatches are found throughout the United States and much of southern Canada. They eat mostly insects during the summer, switching to conifer seeds in the winter, which they sometimes cache earlier in the year. Pairs excavate nest cavities, often in aspen trees, with females doing more of the excavation work while males bring them food. They line the cavities with grass, bark, pine needles, fur, and feathers. Both parents apply conifer resin around the entrance to the nests, sometimes using strips of bark to carry the sap. This probably helps to protect the nest from predators or competing birds.
An occasional visitor to the yard he comes and goes in a blur.
Sitta canadensis
The Red-breasted Nuthatch collects resin globules from coniferous trees and plasters them around the entrance of its nest hole. It may carry the resin in its bill or on pieces of bark that it uses as an applicator. The male puts the resin primarily around the outside of the hole while the female puts it around the inside. The resin may help to keep out predators or competitors. The nuthatch avoids the resin by diving directly through the hole.
This is a Red-Breasted Nuthatch! Heard a flock of them outside and rushed for my camera to see who it was. First time seeing them and they’re very neat! So tiny too.
It actually had slipped my mind. But a while ago @snailkites offered to send anyone who asked a sketch of a bird of their choice, and I asked for a red-breasted nuthatch.
Fast forward to today, when I received an envelope from an address I didn’t recognize. It featured cool red-breasted nuthatch postage, contained a card with a red-breasted nuthatch on the outside, and when I opened it up there was a lovely note and the original red-breasted nuthatch sketch you see above!
In conclusion, @snailkites is the literal best. Thank you!
