White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
A 'nut-hacker': it jams seeds into bark and hacks them open, and the name stuck.
'Nuthatch' is nut + hack; Sitta is a Greek word for a bird; carolinensis means 'of Carolina.'
Sitta carolinensis
A 'nut-hacker': it jams seeds into bark and hacks them open, and the name stuck.
'Nuthatch' is nut + hack; Sitta is a Greek word for a bird; carolinensis means 'of Carolina.'