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 ...

Nuthatches are small, lovable birds that visit bird feeders at all times of the year. Known for the way they are able to walk down trunks and branches head first, this unique locomotion makes them ...

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, ...

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.

You may have done everything to protect your bird feeder from squirrels and other critters, but overlooking this one task may ...

It is always interesting and delightful when a rare bird shows up in the region, especially in the winter. So when I received word of an ivory gull in Canal Park, I joined many other birders and ...

Mention the name “nuthatch” and most people will think of the white-breasted nuthatch, a year-around resident lured to many feeding stations in the Lehigh Valley region. In winter, however, the ...

Back in 2004, in what now seems like another life, I had a memorable experience on my way to work. Walking east along Wacker Drive, I noticed what looked like a leaf floating toward the sidewalk. It ...

Summer is truly over when I see a nuthatch in the garden. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ...