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 ...

There are over 20 resident Florida birds that nest in cavities in trees or branches. These include Eastern Bluebird, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Great-crested ...

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 ...

Sitting on a bench surrounded by 70-foot-tall Norway spruces, I watch a red-breasted nuthatch take a peanut from a feeder in my front yard. There’s a cool breeze on this sunny autumn day, and I know ...

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 ...

Hidden behind the needled boughs of a spruce tree that rises from my yard, a group of nuthatches was having an animated conversation. It seemed early in the day to engage in such lively chatter, but ...