Photo by David M.A. O'Neill / Birds Canada
The White-Breasted Nuthatch (L 5 3/4" (15 cm) is a winter warrior found across lower Canada and The U.S.A. In winter, it often travels in flocks with Chickadees and other birds, and is frequent visitor to bird feeders for sunflower seeds and suet.All white face and chest, set off by a narrow black (or dark gray) crown stripe. It is stubby and slender-billed and crawls upside down and sideways on tree trunks and branches, searching for insects in bark crevices.
They range and are residents from British Columbia east to New Brunswick, south to central Texas and central Florida. They are common and found in deciduous and mixed woods.
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