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[goofy166]

White-breasted Nuthatch

[HeppCatt]

New to this birding business since I moved to the Atlanta area in Georgia a few months ago.

Something I noticed recently is that all the white-breasted nuthatches have disappeared from our back yard. Previously (January and February)  they would feed at my hanging feeder several times during the day. I'm not 100% sure, but I think when they were feeding, the dark-eyed juncos would be on the grass feeding at the same time. The dark-eyed junco population has thinned to just a few a day (expected), but the nuthatches are totally gone for at least 15 days. Did the nuthatches take off with a flock of juncos on their way back to Canada? All the maps I look at show the nuthatches as being year-round in my area?

Great site by the way, I've learned a lot! 

[JimBob]

First of, welcome to Whatbird! 

I am not sure where your White-breasted Nuthatches have gone. I don't think that they would have flown north. If they did they probably did not do it with the juncos. And yes, they should be a year round resident to your area. 

[JimBob]

My nuthatches seem to disappear in summer. . . really they just go to the deep woods and don't come out often. Does anybody else experience this?

[BlackBirdFlyyy]

I saw my first nuthatch today! Ate a red admiral butterfly at sunrise in my backyard tree!

[mossfur]

2 nd post Wow this site is a chochablock of info and pictures. you gotta love the Nuthatches and this year picked up a Red-Breasted one,love it whene they move down head first.

[maerlyn8]

White-breasted nuthatches are common in my yard; I see at least one a day. Although I've only been backyard birding for about a year, there has never been a time when the nuthatches seem to leave. Now, the red-breasted nutches didn't come around until the weather turned colder, but the white-breasted ones are always out and about. FYI I'm located in Pittsburgh, and my yard has a wide variety of trees.

[BirdieBetsy]

I saw and photographed my first white breasted nuthatch about a week ago. He or she is very fun to watch!