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Birds

White Breasted Nuthatch

The White-breasted Nuthatch prefers mature trees and is found across most of central North America, preferring leafy trees in the east and oaks and conifers in the west. It nests in a excavated or a natural tree hole up to 50 feet above the ground, or in a nesting box, lining the cavity with fur and bark chips. It lays 5-9 white eggs, with red, brown and gray spots. These are incubated for about 11-13 days by both adults and the young are ready to leave the nest and fend for themselves about two weeks after hatching. The adult is a medium-size, short-tailed bird with a long, slightly upturned bill. It is blue-gray above, with a black crown and nape, whit face and white underparts. The White-breasted Nuthatch is inquisitive and acrobatic, like other nuthatches, when creeping down a tree it often pauses to look round with its head held upwards. It eats nuts, seeds, fruit and insects.