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White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

Description:

This "is a stocky bird, with a large head, short tail, powerful bill and strong feet. The upperparts are pale blue-gray, and the face and underparts are white. It has a black cap and a chestnut lower belly." The spots in the pics are rain drops :)

Habitat:

Oak forest. It was foraging for bugs in the dead logs. This bird "breeds in old-growth woodland across much of temperate North America." - Wikipedia

Notes:

"Like other nuthatches, this is a noisy species with a range of vocalizations. The male's mating song is a rapid nasal qui-qui-qui-qui-qui-qui-qui. The contact call between members of a pair, given most frequently in the fall and winter is a thin squeaky nit, uttered up to 30 times a minute. A more distinctive sound is a shrill kri repeated rapidly with mounting anxiety or excitement kri-kri-kri-kri-kri-kri-kri-kri; the Rocky Mountains and Great Basin subspecies have a higher, faster yididitititit call,[2] and Pacific birds a more nasal beeerf." - Wikipedia

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Escondido, California, USA

Spotted on Apr 14, 2012
Submitted on Apr 14, 2012

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