Old bones are cold bones, I've heard it said, and my old bones have been sticking pretty close to home. That's why I don't have a bird of my own to present this week. Instead, I decided to borrow one.

No one likes to get duped by fake news, including the red-breasted nuthatch. A year-round resident of the Inland Northwest, this quirky little bird does its best to verify information before ...

My son and his fiancé were out in Seattle during Winter Break (we are all teachers). They sent back a photo for me to ID of a cool-looking bird riding the swell out in Puget Sound. I had just come ...

Sitting on a bench surrounded by 70-foot-tall Norway spruces, I watch a red-breasted nuthatch take a peanut from a feeder in my front yard. There’s a cool breeze on this sunny autumn day, and I know ...

Bird sounds that always make me chuckle are those of the red-breasted nuthatch. I won’t call them songs because they don’t meet most people’s idea of “song.” The most common call of this species is ...