Jan. 4—One of life's little pleasures is to watch birds coming to the feeder in the winter. Frequent visitors to my feeder include cardinals, chickadees, tufted titmice, house finches, downy ...

Human progress has not been kind to either the Eastern bluebird or the brown-headed nuthatch. The bluebirds lost their homes in fence posts to large-scale farming. Logging and development took the ...

Now, there's evidence of a modest invasion from the North and East. The invader is a tiny bird, the red-breasted nuthatch. This species is familiar here, but mostly as a migrant. Summer records are ...

The 10,000-plus North Carolinians who answered Audubon NC’s recent call and established nest boxes for habitat-challenged brown-headed nuthatches may be wrestling with a puzzle this spring. Are those ...

If you've gone for a walk in the woods in winter, you may have heard this distinctive nasal sound. It's the "staying in contact" call of the white-breasted nuthatch. Unlike most other birds, male and ...

Nest boxes are a great way to observe your backyard birds. In fact, you will see behaviors that you never would have simply by feeding them. While the dynamics between different species at the feeder ...

What Does a Brown-Headed Nuthatch Look Like? These brown-capped songbirds sport a white nape spot and pale off-white underparts. Male and female brown-headed nuthatches look similar. They measure ...

My first week of vacation was busier than a regular week of work. My school year stretched into late June. Then I had several social engagements that I had to attend to during the rest of the month.