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The 4 foods nuthatches love to eat

What do nuthatches eat? Attract acrobatic nuthatches to your yard by offering a buffet of their favorite foods and seeds in ...
High in the dead branches of the shortleaf pine trees outside the Daniel Boone National Forest’s old ranger station is a pair of brown-headed nuthatches that are well outside of their historical range ...
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 ...
I was having a bird discussion with a woman some years ago when she made mention of "the upside-down bird" that was appearing outside her kitchen window. I knew right away that she meant a nuthatch, ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/Edited News Release) - The Missouri Department of Conservation and partners are planning to reintroduce a locally-extinct bird species to the Ozarks later this month.
Old bones are cold bones, I've heard it said, and my old bones have been sticking pretty close to home. That's why I don't have a bird of my own to present this week. Instead, I decided to borrow one.
Compared to last year, white-breasted nuthatches likely will show up at fewer bird feeders this winter. But, compared to 30 years ago, the energetic little birds will be spotted at many more feeders.
It's that little bird that often climbs down the trunk of the tree head first. The only bird that is able to do so, it is the nuthatch's foot structure that makes this behavior possible. It has two ...
The white-breasted nuthatch is often observed walking and probing head-down on the trunks of large conifers in mature wooded areas. The first impression is a small bird with a very white head and ...
A second phase to reintroduce a "mostly lost" bird to the Ozarks is set to happen soon. Missouri Department of Conservation, along with partners, will start their reintroduction efforts this month for ...