White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
A compact woodland songbird of mature deciduous and mixed forests, also common in parks and yards with large trees. It forages by creeping along trunks and branches, often moving headfirst downward while picking insects, seeds, and nuts from bark crevices. In colder months it stores food and wedges nuts into bark before hammering them open with its bill. Its most notable behavior is this upside-down trunk climbing, which lets it search bark from angles many other birds rarely use.
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- White-breasted Nuthatch