#nuthatch

[tinylongwing]

Quick sketch of a White-breasted Nuthatch for Yardwatcher on reddit/ko-fi.

[occasionallybirds]

I went to Longwood Gardens to see their Christmas displays, and I may have spent a good chunk of my visit in front of this tree that they had decorated for wildlife. I saw 13 species of birds and a squirrel taking advantage of the food sources

December 17, 2025

Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA

IDs below the cut. See how many you can guess before peeking

Red-bellied woodpecker, male (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Red-bellied Woodpecker, female (Melanerpes carolinus)

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

White-throated Sparrow  (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

[cheglok-art]

Based on an experience I had hiking a short mountain two years ago; as I reached the top, exhausted, a beautiful Eurasian Goshawk (Astur Gentilis) flew by, looked right at me and disappeared in the dark woods.

[herpsandbirds]

Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa), family Sittidae, order Passeriformes, Mishmi Hills, AP, India

photograph by abhinav sharma

[bowelfly]

idea: vertical monastary populated by treecreepers & nuthatches (nunhatches?)

[thomas--bombadil]

A nuthatch visits the garden, just as the sun begins to set.

[mushbeast]

mischievous nuthatch

[longingforrotkehlchen]

Kleiber as ready as ever to save us all.

Kleiber (nuthatch) am Neuen See, Stuttgart-West.