[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This male Eurasian Nuthatch was photographed at Arne RSPB Reserve, England. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This female Eurasian Nuthatch was photographed at Arne RSPB Reserve, England. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 4.25 in. Wingspan 7.75 in.]

This "Interior" Pygmy Nuthatch was photographed at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: July 1980)

[Length 4.25 in. Wingspan 7.75 in.]

This "Pacific" Pygmy Nuthatch was photographed on Mt. Pinos, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: August 1983)

[Length 4.25 in. Wingspan 7.75 in.]

This "Pacific" Pygmy Nuthatch was photographed on Mt. Pinos, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: August 1983)

[Length 4.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

Red-breasted Nuthatches breed in coniferous forests and are uncommon winter visitors to feeders throughout the northern US and southern Canada. Their "tin horn" toot often announces their presence long before they can be seen foraging along a branch or hanging upside down on a pine cone. This one was photographed in winter near a feeder in central New Jersey. Photo taken with a 180 mm f2.8 EDAF Nikkor lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: February 1994)

[Length 4.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This Red-breasted Nuthatch was photographed at the mountaintop restaurant, Sandia Crest, NM. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: March 3, 2008)

[Length 4.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This Red-breasted Nuthatch was photographed at a suet feeder in Middletown, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1994)