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That Nest in BirdhousesWhite-breasted Nuthatch
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sittidae
Genus: Sitta
Species: carolinensis
La. passer sparrow, small bird
La. forma form, kind, species
Gr. sitte woodpecker like bird mentioned by Aristotle
La. -idae appearance, resemblance
La. carolinensis for the Carolina Colonies
Black crown, nape and bill. Wings and upper parts slate (blue-gray) with brown and black fringe. Brown and black tail feathers with white bars.
White from the sides of its head and neck to its underside. Straight, rather long, partially black beak.
You are likely to hear the loud nasal calls of white-breasted nuthatches before you even see them.
They are usually year around residents in deciduous and mixed forests, groves and wooded towns in southern Canada, throughout most of continental United States and northern Mexico.
White-breasted nuthatches help keep tree diseases and insect carriers in balance. Tiny hook shaped claws enable nuthatches to flit dexterously on and underneath, up and down (mostly down) tree trunks and limbs eyeing crannies and crevices sometimes prying loose bark searching for insects, spiders, larva and eggs.
They store nuts in the crevices of bark which are retrieved in winter when insects are fewer and the nuts are chopped apart (hence their name.)
They also eat berries, acorns and other seeds.
Feed nuthatches various nuts, sunflowers, suet and even peanut butter.
Sometimes they become accustomed enough to people to take seeds from their hands.
In winter they are often seen foraging together or mixed with downy woodpeckers, other nuthatches, chickadees, and titmice and at seed and suet feeders.
White-breasted nuthatches build nests of leaves, feathers, hair and bark in natural or abandon woodpecker cavities or birdhouses. Nuthatches also sometimes excavate their own cavities.
Females lay six to eight, more or less, sometimes as many as ten speckled eggs. Young hatch after less than two weeks incubation and leave the nest in about another two weeks.
If you mount a Winter Warmer and occasionally lift the lid, you may see several cuddling nuthatches and possibly with chickadees and titmice.
The White-breasted Nuthatch Birdhouse (same as for the Red-breasted Nuthatch, Titmice and Chickadees), can be constructed with most any softwood that is rough cut on both sides.
It has a 4″ by 4″ floor, 9″ inside ceiling, 1 1/4″ diameter entrance hole located 7″ above the floor, ventilation openings, and a hinged roof secured with shutter hooks.
Although most any method of attaching and securing a roof will do as long as it can be removed for monitoring and cleaning.
Assemble with screws fit to pre-drilled pilot holes.
Install nest boxes for white-breasted nuthatches in forests or groves on a tree or post with partial sun and shade between four and twelve feet high.
Chickadee Nuthatch Downy Birdhouse
Chickadee Nuthatch Titmouse Downy Plans
Out of reach is best to deter the curious, unless the box is well concealed. Remove the nest from the box well after the brood rearing season is past.
White-breasted Nuthatch
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sittidae
Genus: Sitta
Species: carolinensis
La. passer sparrow, small bird
La. forma form, kind, species
Gr. sitte woodpecker like bird mentioned by Aristotle
La. -idae appearance, resemblance
La. carolinensis for the Carolina Colonies
Black crown, nape and bill. Wings and upper parts slate (blue-gray) with brown and black fringe. Brown and black tail feathers with white bars.
White from the sides of its head and neck to its underside. Straight, rather long, partially black beak.
You are likely to hear the loud nasal calls of white-breasted nuthatches before you even see them.
They are usually year around residents in deciduous and mixed forests, groves and wooded towns in southern Canada, throughout most of continental United States and northern Mexico.
White-breasted nuthatches help keep tree diseases and insect carriers in balance. Tiny hook shaped claws enable nuthatches to flit dexterously on and underneath, up and down (mostly down) tree trunks and limbs eyeing crannies and crevices sometimes prying loose bark searching for insects, spiders, larva and eggs.
They store nuts in the crevices of bark which are retrieved in winter when insects are fewer and the nuts are chopped apart (hence their name.)
They also eat berries, acorns and other seeds.
Feed nuthatches various nuts, sunflowers, suet and even peanut butter.
Sometimes they become accustomed enough to people to take seeds from their hands.
In winter they are often seen foraging together or mixed with downy woodpeckers, other nuthatches, chickadees, and titmice and at seed and suet feeders.
White-breasted nuthatches build nests of leaves, feathers, hair and bark in natural or abandon woodpecker cavities or birdhouses. Nuthatches also sometimes excavate their own cavities.
Females lay six to eight, more or less, sometimes as many as ten speckled eggs. Young hatch after less than two weeks incubation and leave the nest in about another two weeks.
If you mount a Winter Warmer and occasionally lift the lid, you may see several cuddling nuthatches and possibly with chickadees and titmice.
The White-breasted Nuthatch Birdhouse (same as for the Red-breasted Nuthatch, Titmice and Chickadees), can be constructed with most any softwood that is rough cut on both sides.
It has a 4″ by 4″ floor, 9″ inside ceiling, 1 1/4″ diameter entrance hole located 7″ above the floor, ventilation openings, and a hinged roof secured with shutter hooks. Although most any method of attaching and securing a roof will do as long as it can be removed for monitoring and cleaning.
Assemble with screws fit to pre-drilled pilot holes.
Install nest boxes for white-breasted nuthatches in forests or groves on a tree or post with partial sun and shade between four and twelve feet high.
Chickadee Nuthatch Downy Birdhouse
Chickadee Nuthatch Titmouse Downy Plans
Out of reach is best to deter the curious, unless the box is well concealed. Remove the nest from the box well after the brood rearing season is past.
White-breasted Nuthatch
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Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sittidae
Genus: Sitta
Species: carolinensis
La. passer sparrow, small bird
La. forma form, kind, species
Gr. sitte woodpecker like bird mentioned by Aristotle
La. -idae appearance, resemblance
La. carolinensis for the Carolina Colonies
Black crown, nape and bill. Wings and upper parts slate (blue-gray) with brown and black fringe. Brown and black tail feathers with white bars.
White from the sides of its head and neck to its underside. Straight, rather long, partially black beak.
You are likely to hear the loud nasal calls of white-breasted nuthatches before you even see them.
They are usually year around residents in deciduous and mixed forests, groves and wooded towns in southern Canada, throughout most of continental United States and northern Mexico.
White-breasted nuthatches help keep tree diseases and insect carriers in balance.
Tiny hook shaped claws enable nuthatches to flit dexterously on and underneath, up and down (mostly down) tree trunks and limbs eyeing crannies and crevices sometimes prying loose bark searching for insects, spiders, larva and eggs.
They store nuts in the crevices of bark which are retrieved in winter when insects are fewer and the nuts are chopped apart (hence their name.)
They also eat berries, acorns and other seeds. Feed nuthatches various nuts, sunflowers, suet and even peanut butter.
Sometimes they become accustomed enough to people to take seeds from their hands.
In winter they are often seen foraging together or mixed with downy woodpeckers, other nuthatches, chickadees, and titmice and at seed and suet feeders.
White-breasted nuthatches build nests of leaves, feathers, hair and bark in natural or abandon woodpecker cavities or birdhouses. Nuthatches also sometimes excavate their own cavities.
Females lay six to eight, more or less, sometimes as many as ten speckled eggs. Young hatch after less than two weeks incubation and leave the nest in about another two weeks.
If you mount a Winter Warmer and occasionally lift the lid, you may see several cuddling nuthatches and possibly with chickadees and titmice.
Chickadee Nuthatch Downy Birdhouse
The White-breasted Nuthatch Birdhouse (same as for the Red-breasted Nuthatch, Titmice and Chickadees), can be constructed with most any softwood that is rough cut on both sides.
It has a 4″ by 4″ floor, 9″ inside ceiling, 1 1/4″ diameter entrance hole located 7″ above the floor, ventilation openings, and a hinged roof secured with shutter hooks.
Chickadee Nuthatch Titmouse Downy Plans
Although most any method of attaching and securing a roof will do as long as it can be removed for monitoring and cleaning.
Assemble with screws fit to pre-drilled pilot holes.
Install nest boxes for white-breasted nuthatches in forests or groves on a tree or post with partial sun and shade between four and twelve feet high.
Out of reach is best to deter the curious, unless the box is well concealed. Remove the nest from the box well after the brood rearing season is past.
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