This is one of the few birds new to our yard in recent years, and for a while it was a fairly regular visitor. White-breasted Nuthatches in our yard Ĭarolina wren ( Thryothorus ludovicianus)Īlthough I had become familiar with these perky little birds when we were in North Carolina, I was surprised to see a Carolina wren in our yard in Syracuse. Cornell’s All About Birds: White-breasted nuthatch.I love seeing it work its way upside down on the trunks of trees. I think they had been using it as a nesting site. I don’t seem to see these as frequently as I did before they took down a large tree with cavities in the dead trunk. White-breasted nuthatch ( Sitta carolinensis) Bird Watcher’s General Store: Red-breasted nuthatch.American Bird Conservancy: Bird of the Week.
Cornell’s All About Birds: Red-breasted nuthatch.
Unlike chickadees, however, they stay at the feeder and eat and eat, trying the patience of the one waiting. They particularly like the peanut feeder, but - like the chickadees - have a “one at a time” rule. The red-breasted nuthatch is one of those birds, like the pine siskins, that “irrupt” every few years - in other words, we see them in larger numbers due to variations in food supply.
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