Entries Tagged as 'White-breasted Nuthatch'
Where’s the checkbox for deer on Project FeederWatch?
November 18th, 2007 · Comments Off
This is what greeted me from outside my office window early this morning: the female white-tail deer and her two young charges that use our yard and (soon-to-be-our) woods as a thoroughfare. Our friend Ben gave us a persimmon-flavored deer lick as a housewarming gift, which is affixed to a pine at the property perimeter. [...]
Tags: American Goldfinch · Dark-eyed Junco · Mourning Dove · Project FeederWatch · White-breasted Nuthatch · White-tail Deer · White-throated Sparrow
Josh has Nuthatch Fever
October 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
Josh, aka HarmoniousJosh, is an artist of tiny proportions. That is, most of his work is 2.5×3.5 inches. He sells it on eBay and recently in a group art show in downtown Greensboro. I’m sure you aren’t surprised that he has done several little portraits of birds that have visited our feeders. This week he’s [...]
Tags: Bird art · White-breasted Nuthatch
Nuthatches speak Chickadee; plus, Chickadees aren’t always fair
March 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment
This story is making the bird rounds. Apparently nuthatches understand the various alarm calls of chickadees. But what I find more interesting is the bit at the end. There are folks who believe the chickadee is a fair player, perhaps because of its tendency to hang out in mixed company. Not always, according to Cornell’s [...]
Tags: Carolina Chickadee · News · White-breasted Nuthatch
Project FeederWatch count for Feb. 17-18
February 18th, 2007 · Comments Off
Who visited our feeders this weekend? (Totals are most viewed at one time, not cumulative.)
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 (pictured at top right)
Brown-headed Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 2
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 3
House Finch 3 (0 with eye disease)
Tags: Project FeederWatch · White-breasted Nuthatch
17 birds at Guilford Courthouse Military Park
November 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off
Before I buckle down today for some serious picture-taking of all the new jewels for the store, I’ve got to show you a list of the birds I saw this morning in the park. For the first time ever, I’m getting excited about winter because there are just more and more birds showing up! Here’s [...]
Tags: American Crows · American Goldfinch · American Robin · Blue Jay · Carolina Wren · Dark-eyed Junco · Downy Woodpecker · Eastern Bluebird · Eastern Towhee · Golden-crowned Kinglet · Hairy Woodpecker · House Finch · Northern Cardinal · Northern Mockingbird · Song Sparrow · White-breasted Nuthatch · White-throated Sparrow







