The presence of this nuthatch is typically announced by its nasal calls. The red-breasted nuthatch has the un­usual habit of smearing resin around the entrance hole to its nest, presumably to ...

From the eastern towhee to the red-breasted nuthatch, we identify birds that look like robins to point out the differences ...

Spring snow, not surprisingly, tends to drive the birds to the feeders, especially the early migrants back in the region. But ...

Dispersal and migration: poorly known. Does not undertake large-scale irruptions (unlike the red-breasted nuthatch), but white-breasteds in the Rockies regularly move onto the Great Plains ...

American goldfinches still have their winter plumage but soon the dull will give way to their bright yellow. Recently 40-plus ...