The Red-breasted Nuthatch | Adorable, Fun and Vocal
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- For those familiar with me and my journey the last ten years, you know that this charming little bird is one out of several other species that I’ve come to know very well, establishing close relationships of many years with several individuals. Such as Hatch, a male Red-breasted nuthatch I knew from Winter 2014 to the middle of June 2020. The longest I have known one of these birds.
Belonging to the Genus Sitta which include 17 species of true nuthatches of North
America and Eurasia, the Red-breasted nuthatch comprise the common nuthatch family or Sittidae. They are estimated by Partners in Flight at 20 million, and between 1966 and 2014, their numbers increased throughout their range, as reported by the North American Breeding Bird Survey.
Much of their range is in the Boreal as well as Northernmost forest regions which stretch from Alaska to Newfoundland and Labrador, south through the Appalachians to eastern Tennesee and North Carolina. A great deal of the Western coniferous forests sees them as well, where they occur as far south as California and Arizona. In the areas I’ve listed, they are permanent residents, seen year-round, however in some years particularly when cone crops fail, many individuals move southward for the winter in search of food, a cycle that occurs every 2 to 3 years depending. During this time they can show up in large numbers visiting feeders, delighting those who don’t typically get to see them. Years like that which one in 2020, are known as irruption years.
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Song during the intro and @ 3:57- 5:18 - Mr. Sunny Face via UA-cam Audio Library
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:12 Intro
00:45 Population numbers
01:10 Range, Location, when to see them
03:01 Appearance, similar species
03:47 How to tell males and females apart
03:58 Unique climbing abilities
05:16 Food they eat and foraging behavior
06:55 Where their name came from
07:15 Breeding, Nesting, Brood, Incubation, fledging
10:12 Calls and Sounds, (Yank calls, alarm calls, female sounds)
12:38 Pair bond behavior
13:10 Molt
13:28 Wing-spread display behavior
14:00 Oldest Red-breasted nuthatch
14:16 A little about Hatch, my first nuthatch friend
14:36 Ending
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Yank call from a male
Christopher McPherson, XC599843. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/599843.
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👉 ua-cam.com/video/ccFhB3Dp548/v-deo.html Ryan from @badgerlands birding experience with tracking down a few Red-breasted Nuthatches.
Badgerland Birding is awesome too!
A friend of mine couldn't remember the name Nuthatch, and said, "You know, those little birds who sound like a rubber duck being stepped on."
Squeaky toys! So cute 😊
I really enjoy that particular sound they make! It’s unreal
😂😂😂😂
Absolutely wonderful, thank you so much for sharing! I'm also so happy to see how your channel has grown and it's very well deserved :) We love our Nuthatches :)
Hey Frederick, thank you so much. Means a lot.
Nuthatches are awesome! I'm glad you have some :)
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Leslie you put out a new link for merch and now I can't find it. I saw a pullover hoodie in gold with "birds make me happy" that I want to order and couldn't find it in the two links in your description.
@@DR-qf9th Hey! You can find it here :) www.bonfire.com/birdsrefreshone/?productType=0d740304-caed-4523-9662-ec5f86c44f6e
@@LesleytheBirdNerd yeah that's the link I was looking for...thanks 👍
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I love the there'y agility to move tree to tree 🥰
Wow I was surprised that Hatch was with you that long! You were blessed to have a buddy like that.
Darn tootin' I was. I loved that little nuthatch and cherish the memories as well as all the photos and videos he left me with.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd you should do video on eastern blue tit
Hey Leslie, The recordings of their calls are a nice addition to the description of these guys. I really enjoyed hearing their voice.
I have a pair of white breasted enjoying suet, peanuts and sunflower seeds right now.
Cuties for sure. Enjoyed hearing the differences in calls.
Got teary eyed hearing about Hatch, very unique and special lil guy. Sorry for your loss Lesley, these little guys touch our hearts so. 😪
It was extra nice to see a face behind that camera. 😁
As always, completely enjoyed, exactly what I need, thanks Lesley 💙🐦
What a lovely tribute to Hatch. ❤🥜🇨🇦
He was the best! Although I miss him I feel his presence and feel like he has never actually truly left. His spirit I guess remains. :)
It really was. I just lost one of my cats so when you said he became ill and passed away I started to cry. What sweet and beautiful creatures they are!
What a lovely tribute to these tiny creatures who deliver such gigantic thrills. Your ending left me in tears. Awwwww
Thank you so much! They are wonderful birds I wish everyone could know them the way I have been privilege to. How sweet that you were touched by the ending. Hatch was a darling, he enriched my life. I love him.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I love hatch 🥰
The Nuthatch is one of my favorites. They always seem to be working. Lol. And I love their songs! So darn cute!❤️
Yes, so true. Very busy little birds and so vocal. Cuteness!
how can something so small move so much
My mother in law always called them "upside down" birds. She loved watching them while recovering from cancer treatments. They always made her smile even when she was feeling crummy.
I love walking in the woods and hearing the "meep, meep" of nuthatches in the trees! 😊
timely. just had a pair move in and they’re the newest regulars at my feeder tree :)
Nuthatches are the cutest little birds.I love them.Thank you.
Yes, they are so cute. Love them
I love the white breasted nuthatches that visit feeder. They love to sit on top of Aframe roof and chat at me. It’s fun to watch them walking down the roof, as well as the trees in food forest. Love tribute to hatch.
before I knew what the actual name of these birds was, I always called them the upside down birds. Another great video, Lesley, thank you
14:27. Wow. A rare glimpse of the elusive bird nerd Leslie, in her favorite habitat!
I thought that too! Leslie is as beautiful as her birds! 💕
Gotta love them nuthatches with there upside down antics.
Thank you Lesley for sharing your touching experience with Hatch. Blub.
You're very welcome. :)
I love your Chanel and listening to you share about the birds.. So wonderful and very pleasant to listen to you and watch the videos.. ❤
I had 2 pair last year at my feeders. Black capped and Red Breast. I love how fearless they are. No matter if Jays or squirrels are around, they are right there at the platform and suet feeders. I love watching them run up and down the trees and am amazed at how they can turn on a dime and go back the other way. They are truly one of Nature's wonders.
Thanks Lesley,birds what would we do without them!M
I've never seen one. You do a great job with these videos.
Thank you very much. :) Have a wonderful week
I miss the winters back home in Wisconsin because those were the times I was visited most by red and white breasted nuthatches and chickadees at my feeder 🥲 I was so proud of the moment when a little red breasted nuthatch landed on my shoulder and hopped down to my hand full of seeds
I live in the Florida panhandle. I look 👀 forward to the next “irruption”! Many thanks for your great descriptions.
You do a wonderful job with all these birds. Thanks.
That’s pretty neat that Nuthatches have a backward-facing toe that allows them to climb down a tree. Unfortunately, I have only seen the White-Breasted Nuthatch, and those sights are rare. Speaking of which, however, I have seen videos of White-Breasted Nuthatches using that intimidating open-wing display, so it’s interesting that their cousin does it, too. Also, it’s so cute that the female Red-Breasted Nuthatches make those squeaking trumpet-like sounds around the time that they lay eggs. Even the trilling call by males is adorable! So many things about this species reminds me of Carolina Wrens. 🥰 Thanks for sharing, Lesley!
They are fascinating creatures, perfectly equipped with all they need to do the neat things we enjoy watching. The females are so cute during the egg laying time and males are adorable making that trill call at the nest. Such darlings. Glad you enjoyed it, Brianna. Have a great week
@@LesleytheBirdNerd hey Lesley ☺️ how did know the name come from I thought 🤔 the name come from size
Hey Brianna, great seeing you here again! In my part of North Carolina, the Brown-headed Nuthatches dominate the pine forests (mostly loblolly, some longleaf savannas deeper in the forest). I even had Brown-headed in my birdhouse in 2017. White-breasted Nuthatches seem to prefer more hardwood/deciduous forests as opposed to evergreen, once in a while i see a White-breasted at my feeder, but usually it's the Brown-headed. Have yet to see Red-breasted in my home county, although there are plenty of records of them in previous winters, all of my Red-breasted sightings have been in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. November 2021 has low-key been a great birding month. Made it up to Pea Island NWR with more than a dozen other members from my local bird club for an overnight stay. Ate the best-ever fresh local caught Crab cakes and Buffalo shrimp at Darrell's in Manteo, got two life birds back to back days (Snow Bunting at Oregon Inlet and Eurasian Wigeon at Pea Island South pond!). My species count for this month is up to 131, almost all between 2 counties. Today I saw a Wilson's Snipe probing the mud at the edge of a retention pond, first one I've seen in my county in almost 4 years! I'm doing yard counts on the weekends for Project FeederWatch, plus looking forward to Christmas Counts soon! The weather here has been fantastic lately, the birding phenomenonal. I really hope it's good for you and your family too. Happy birding 🙂❤
@@mc12358 Hello; long time, no see. 👋🙂 My Thanksgiving was great, and my family is well. I ate a lot this year, which is unexpected for me, since I am a picky eater. 😜 I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving, too. 🦃🍁🍽 It’s great that you found two lifer birds during your birding visit (Snow Buntings are so cute! 🥰). I ran into several lifer birds this year, but I found them in my backyard: a Brown Thrasher in May, and possibly a Wilson’s Warbler and Eastern Phoebe in September. The only other new birds I have seen were the ones I saw on my overseas trip to London a couple of months ago. I’ve been rather busy, and I have a vacation coming up next week, so I hope I can do the Christmas Bird Count. If not, then I have to put being more involved in birding events and counts into one of my New Year’s resolutions for 2022. I hope things are going well for you and your family, too. Happy birding! 😀🐦❤️
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I love yank yank🥰of red breasted nuthatch
I enjoy them year-round, all of their antics and calls.
Oh my goodness, these lil babies bring me so much joy everyday. Thank you for helping me learn more about some of my favorite neighbors 💜
You're very welcome :) They are wonderful birds. Thanks for watching
I love these little characters! When I was a little girl, I always referred to the Nuthatch as "tree hookers" due to the the way they hooked on to the trees and walked straight up or down, seemingly defying gravity. Well actually... I still call them "tree hookers" 🤭, Something that's caught on and been picked up by my daughter and other family members.
💕🐦💛 Love your channel & all our wonderful avian friends out there.
I had one come through my doggie door flap and stayed a while on my porch. They sound like doggy toys. I love them. Thank you.❤
Thank you, Lesley, for this video! It's so lovely. I'm glad you were able to make friends with Hatch. I only wish he could still be alive today. Wherever he is today, I hope it's beautiful for him.✨
I love how the bird did the sway on your hand when you had reached out with food. I also loved the cute little squeaks.
Another lovely bird I've never seen.
Loved the little one doing loops around your finger.
My wife and I were watching the Cornell feeder cam today and there were Nuthatches flitting about making their mee-deet-deet sounds. It took me back to my teen years when I lived with my father, an avid birder and we would enjoy the Nuthatches that came to the feeder he kept. I live in Florida now and don't see them anymore. It is great timing to see this video today to round out a sentimental Nuthatch journey. Thanks!
Aww how cool about them being at the cornell lab feeder like that! And awesome that I seemed to time the video pretty darn good :) Thanks for watching. Have a great week!
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Thanks Lesley, have a great week as well!
Adorable little birds, love to here them while waking up in the morning!!
very well done again and so professional. You are always the best
And you are always a lovely commenter and viewer :)
Have a great evening, Allan and a wonderful week ahead
RIP Hatch - you were a fine bird.
LOVE THAT NAME HATCH! THOSE LITTLE BIRDS REALLY ARE YOUR PETS AREN'T THEY? THE NUTHATCHS CALL IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. LOVE YOU GIRL. 🥳🥀☘️🌺🥀🏵️☺️🥀💐
Yay!!! Thank you Leslie 😊
I have an easier time recognizing birds by call than sight, and hadn't realized just how many nuthatches we must have! Thanks for the extended vocalizations. I especially loved the egg laying call. ❤️
This is one of the best names for any animal. Lol adorable.
i never gave much thought about birds before i saw one of your videos. now i am addicted. your voice makes it easy to learn about our feathered friends. thank you for all you do
Oh wow! So cool that you have become addicted to them now since seeing some of the videos I create. I love that. Thank you for the nice comment. Have a great week!
So happy to see these excellent pictures and vocal recordings. I grew up in the woods in the 50's- daily visits and constant calls. You've brought those memories back perfectly!
Very good story about the coolest little birds in the forest 😊
We are so lucky to have these plucky little birds in our yard year ‘round! I always laugh when I hear a flock of them coming through with their beep-beep-beep calls. It always sounds like a traffic jam of tiny toy cars! 🚗 I get a kick out of how and where they hide seeds from the feeder, too. They like to find little cracks and crevices around the back deck to stash snacks for later. Such entertaining, charming little birds! Thanks for another great video, Lesley!
Those hopping videos are adorable. Hopefully I get to see them for the first time this winter
Fingers crossed that you get to see them :)
Great video Lesley, and choke-full of information! Yes I've seen redbreast nuthachatches in MN. Whitebreast nuthatches in IL. They are a lovely bird. Thank you for info and I'm happy to see your post over here, today!
I absolutely love these little charmers!
Nuthatches are such smidgeons of beauty and joy forever. Thanks for sharing.
Yes they are!
They behave just like the white breasted nuthatches we have here but ours look more like a sleek chickadee - and they do have a tiny bit of light reddish coloring on the lower underside. I love their sounds - now I know WHO makes that trill noise that sounds almost like a titmouse! The white breasted nuthatches here make a call that sounds like "wut WUT?" and they also sound like they are saying "Huh? Huh? Huh?"!
I am so sad about Hatch - but I know he left quite a legacy!
Thanks for this "bird's eye view" into the world of red breasted nuthatches!
These guys are what got me interested in birds last year. It took me a while to figure out which birds were making the 'squeaky dish' noise every morning.
this was a lovely video - my favourite little bird!!!! I live on Vancouver Island and became aquainted with the nuthatches about 25 years ago. They are amazing little giants! Thank you !
I have many White-breasted Nuthatches that I enjoy watching and feeding. They bring such happiness to my yard. They have such a sweet chirp and walking climb. Thank you for your wonderful videos and information you pass along. Much love from Kentucky 😎
Hi Annie, thank you very much for your kind comment. I'm really happy that you enjoy the videos we are creating. How awesome about you having the White-breasted nuthatch. I don't have them in my location but I'd love to see one someday. Have a great week!
Always a dependable, knowledgeable,
Feel good video…🥰 thank you Madame Bird Whisperer
Yes she is Awesome
They're very cute Leslie.
They're adorable.
I love these busy, energetic little birds. They seem to enjoy the suet feeder in the morning, especially. They seem to socialize with other Nuthatches frequently. ❤
You are phenomenal teacher! I try to watch one of your segments each day. Even though I have been an avid birder for over 60 years, I learn something new every day from your segments on birds. Thanks so much!
Wow that is wonderful. So glad that I manage to teach something new.
Nothing beats having a nuthatch land in your hand and wait for it to choose which peanut he would like to have. You feel just the slightest pressure on your palm as he pushes off to take flight
I marvel at how many birds you are able to form trusting bonds with. And the photography is amazing. From one bird lover to another...Thank You.
I've always loved nut-hatches too. When I was 3 until I was 6, a little tree swallow would come to my window every morning from late March until mid to late September when they migrated. I am still enchanted by the time we spent together. After the 3rd year of doing that, I never saw him again.
That is so incredible, wow how wonderful. Love it!
I absolutely *love* their cute little chirping when they're relaxed and landing on your hand for food 🥺😭 it's so wholesome and cute and precious!
RIP Hatch ♥️💕
I love their little "plastic horn" sounds. We get one at our feeder once in a while, and are always happy to see them.
I guess the nuthatch family is among my favorite birds. I have seen both red and white nuthatches on the campus where I teach history. It is lucky my workplace has so many resident birds to observe.
Always a delight to watch your videos!
One can also believe that the sticky and sappy nest entrance keeps out snakes, and it is a natural Tanglefoot for other birds, and insects.
I just love how something so little can be so bossy lol
11:26 With the angry wing flaps they look like little baseball managers yelling at an umpire. So cute.
Outstanding video and storytelling! 👏👏👏
Hey! Thanks so much! :)
@@LesleytheBirdNerd The clips tracking the nuthatch up and down the tree are mesmerizing!
@@birdsofray aww I'm glad you enjoyed that part. It really shows them much better when slowed dow like that.
Such funny and charming little birds. They are tiny, bold, and their flutey voices sound like miniature horns. I love them and they love my suet feeders. Thanks, Lesley!
Hi Lesley, I loved your video. Their squeaky calls always make me laugh. A couple years ago where I lived I would hand feed about five or six that would come at different times. When chickadees showed up it was never long until I had nuthatch visitors. I was amused at how competitive they would be with each other, and our chickadee friends. Making lunging darting motions to chase each other away.
Sometimes I would have to explain there was enough for all, and call a time out. 😏
You are a magician...Looks so easy to conquer their confidence...Congrats for your example of conservation!!! Really , this world needs it...😊🎉
Excellent job on the video and captures of these sweetie nuthatches. Vocalizations at 10:12 and 12:12 especially, are so adorable. Wish we could know what they were trying to say.
I love their sweet sounds. I call my little ones my beepers!
I LOVE THIS BIRD ! 1000’s of hours watching these little guys and they like to hang out with the Black Capped Chickadee . Great Job as always
What fabulous footage Lesley! I can see every feather distinctly. We do have nuthatches in England but not quite so colourful as these. I've always been amazed at their ability to run down the trees. I must try to listen harder next time I see some - the little calls and sounds on this film are so sweet! I don't know if it's their size or shape but they always look optimistic to me. Maybe it's because they often seem to raise their heads and beaks and so seem to be looking up..chin up! As always, I really enjoyed this video. Thankyou.
Aww I love what you said about them seeming to have an optimistic look due to how they are turn their beaks up. Beautiful little birds. Wonderful personalities and just filled with so many interesting behaviors. I'm glad you enjoyed this video, Julie. Thank you for the lovely comment. Have a great week!
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I serched up why is the nuthatch called nuthatch but it called that because of it jams nuts 🤔☝️
Nature never goes out of style. There's so much to learn. I wonder what university Leslie went to,she is so knowledgeable.🐣🐦🦃
I love nuthatches and downy woodpeckers and steller’s jays too you’ve been covering such great birds lately!! Thank you 😊
Thank you. I'm glad you've been enjoying the birds I've been covering. :)
I only really got into birdwatching last year and had never even seen a nuthatch before. One day I was sitting in my car in a local church car park listening to birdsong on a CD. I was listening to a nuthatch call when I noticed movement out the corner of my eye. I couldn`t believe my luck as it was indeed a nuthatch checking me out. I go there at least twice a week to put food down and am always rewarded with a sighting of these lovely little guys.
I love these little guys. The meep meep meep call is always fun
My two nuthatches are awesome here in southern Wisconsin! I have a big sunroom with evergreen trees 30 feet away. The female sees me exit the main house into the sunroom and flys in and waits for me to walk over and open a window so she can hang out with me to eat walnuts from my hand. The male comes too but later. Great little birds that I hand feed all day on and off!👍👍
My favorite is the nuthatch. They’re so cheeky.
I love these little guys, we have both the red and white breasted here in Oregon. I can always tell when they are close by their little twittering they do, it's like they are always having a happy little conversation while looking for a snack I left them. I have noticed that they aren't as spooked by my presence as the other birds, but I haven't tried to hand feed them, yet. I like how they take a seed and wedge it in the bark to break into it, they are tough little guys.
Thanks for your videos, they are beautiful.
They are the perfect shaped bird, with the best personality. I can’t get over how the organs and things needed for life can weigh less than half an ounce.
I know hey! It's incredible, I think about that often and it never cease to amaze me. Darling little things
Nuthatches visit my sanctuary enjoying suet, peanuts…& black oilers ❤️
SE Michigan
Thanks for sharing love your channel
“Bird Whisperer”
Haha! Thank you :)
We have nuthatches here in Eastern Ontario all year round and they always come to our sunflower feeder in winter. I didn't know that they made such a variety of sounds. Usually I hear the gentle pip-pip.
Lesley the bird nerd is one of the coolest people on the planet!!!
Love watching these little birds at our feeder. They seem so fearless at times. And so impatient while I'm changing the suet! 🤣
So true!
You give a logical explanation why nuthatches can walk down a tree head first; just like when one looks for hornworms, which are green, in the tomato rows, coming from opposite directions makes it easier to discover them in the foliage. I hadn't thought of that before!
I nearly cried for Hatch and I was not expecting that
The nuthatches are so sweet! Thank you Leslie!
One of my favorites. They are such a wonderfully entertaining and spirited bird. Thanks much for this video.
Nuthatches are brave birds, it is quite easy to watch them.
My favorite bird! They come right up to me when I get the chance to see them
Just adorable. I love how you can feed them out of your hands.
Those cute sounds remind me of togapi trilling when she's happy!
I've known these nuthatches in the winter in the Twin Cities area. Now we live in Georgetown, TX and I was very surprised to see this little fella at our feeders here in December. Love them.
I live in North Carolina so I guess it's time to head to the Blue Ridge Mountains to lay eyes on this little guy. I have a White Breasted and Brown Headed Nuthatch that visit every day. The brown headed one is fearless and will feed at the feeder when I am right next to it. Such a cutie.
The toe was interesting to learn about. Wonderful video. Rest in peace Hatch.
Awww, they sound like little kazoos!