Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
My Little Nuthatch
I love all the birds that call my garden home including this little charmer – the red breasted nuthatch.
I often hear his energetic ‘ank-ank-ank,’ before I see him in the branches of the Douglas Fir tree above, looking for insects,
or walking down its trunk, headfirst.
When the coast is clear he drops to the stream below, where he may find a chickadee has beat him to it; there’s room for both.
And if not, there’s always the birdbath.
The red breasted nuthatch is just 4.5 inches long, a sturdy tree-climber that lives in north woods and western mountains. And lucky for me, in my yard, year-round.
Sharing with Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, Birds
~ Susanne
Cats and Trails and Garden Tales 
He is a very cute Nuthatch, and obviously experienced at posing for great photos. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks, Pete. He really is charming and unafraid. One of my favorite backyard birds. 🙂
Oh these are gorgeous photos 😀 😀
Thank you so much! 🙂
He’s charming! I love his eyes!
Yes, he’s such a cute little bird! 🙂
It is fun to watch nuthatches, or any other species, trying to forage for food. I enjoyed these photos very much.
Thank you so much! I love watching the birds too. This one is so charming and all business!
What a cute and pretty bird!
It really is! I love watching them!
Great photos Susanne. They’re beautiful little birds.
Thanks, Graham. They really are. 🙂