Nancy Brandt, courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The White-breasted nuthatch is an active little creature known for jamming nuts and acorns into the bark of a tree and then hitting it with their bill to hatch the seed. They’ll also be happy to enjoy nuts, sunflower seeds or peanuts from a bird feeder. Like woodpeckers, the more trees around your neighborhood, the more nuthatches. Look for the smaller and more animated pygmy nuthatch in the higher elevation ponderosa pine forests of Colorado.
Nancy Brandt, courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology