Tree Clinging

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis
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Length: 5 in. (11 cm )
Distinctive in its ability to walk down tree trunks head first, the small Red-breasted Nuthatch is readily identified. It occurs in mature coniferous forest and high altitude aspens where it feeds on insects from the bark and, during the winter, on pine cone seeds. Its nest is in a cavity dug out of a rotting branch or stump.

The four-digit banding code is RBNU.

Male | Herbert Clarke

Female | Oliver Niehuis



Fir forest

Oak-pine woodland
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Sex of Bird: Male
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