Getting kids interested in bird watching might be as simple as adding a little excitement. And what could be more exciting than the Great Nuthatch Hunt of 2017? Spring is the perfect time to grab ...

A couple years back while deer hunting in southern British Columbia I settled back against a tree to enjoy lunch when the scratching on a nearby tree drew my attention. From less than 10 feet I ...

Nuthatches appear to have learned to understand a foreign language — chickadee. It’s not unusual for one animal to react to the alarm call of another, but nuthatches seem to go beyond that — ...

During my school teaching days, this time of the year usually signaled the start of a unit on ornithology – the study of birds – in my seventh grade classes. Along with all the ecological and ...

If you live in North America, you might have enjoyed the bright songs of black-capped chickadees or red-breasted nuthatches on your street. But you might not have known that those songs have lyrics.

Red-breasted nuthatches are one of my favorite birds. Admittedly, I have a lot of favorites, but these are at the top of my list perhaps because they, as birds with a more northerly range than the ...