Mae'r enw Saesneg, '
nuthatch, gyda llaw yn dod o'r enw Saesneg Canol, 'nuthak', a'i ystyr o ydi 'un sy'n torri cnau'.
A red-breasted
nuthatch photo hangs on the wall in our kitchen.
Poppy with hoverfly, taken by Ken Nyberg, won first prize in the Nature Up Close section of the North East Wildlife photography competition
Nuthatch by Jonathan Gaunt Street Frog by Fabien Balezeau won first place in Mobile Nature category Not a Care in the World by Annie Charnley Greedy Bird by Hannah Bishop Morning deer by Brian Avery
"I wonder why we don't see that little hawk feeding at our birdfeeders anymore?" Linda was standing at the kitchen window and pondering out loud as she watched the sparrows, redpolls,
nuthatches and sundry other small birds bounce busily between birdfeeders on our deck.
SPACIOUS: The
Nuthatch at Jelson Homes' Outlands Croft development in Hinckley.
A foreign species of
nuthatch is one of the few birds known to use a tool: it will carry a piece of bark from tree to tree and use it to lever up loose bark to get at the insects beneath.
pecked in day-long flutterings of towhee,
nuthatch, woodpeckers,
In descending order, these were dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis), pygmy
nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea), western bluebird (Sialia mexicana), white-breasted
nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis), mountain chickadee (Poecile gambeli), ruby-crowned kinglet (Regulus calendula), Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus), and brown creeper (Certhia americana).
Much larger than its cousin the red-breasted, a white-breasted
nuthatch has a black cap, white face, and slaty blue-gray back.
Here are a few winter birds and their favorite foods: Birds Foods Northern Cardinal safflower seeds, fruit, berries, nuts Black-Capped Chickadee hulled sunflower seeds, peanuts, berries Downy Woodpecker hulled sunflower seeds, tree nuts, fruit Red-Breasted
Nuthatch hulled sunflower seeds, peanuts Tufted Titmouse hulled sunflower seeds, fruits, nuts Dark-Eyed Junco white millet, cracked corn
A
nuthatch Great spotted Woodpecker Sunflower seeds attract
nuthatches