The red-breasted nuthatch has the un­usual habit of smearing resin around the entrance hole to its nest, presumably to deter predators and competitors from entering the nest.

The tiny Red-breasted Nuthatch is smaller than a sparrow, so its call may be more noticeable, sounding like a kid blowing a tin trumpet in the forest.

To balance out all of the predatory birds, Dark-eyed Juncos, the Red-breasted Nuthatch, House Wrens, the Spotted Towhee, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and several different species of Sparrows winter in ...

Red-breasted mergansers are a distinctive bird and fairly easy to recognize in the field.

Red-breasted nuthatch is my favorite backyard visitor, so holding that bird in my hand was a thrill. It seemed impossibly small, and virtually weightless. Feathered perfection.

There is a mixture of relief and grief in a Red Bird-area neighborhood Thursday night.

A red-breasted goose at the Woodland Park Zoo has died from the first suspected case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), the zoo announced Thursday.

Do you want to learn about North Texas birds for free? Allen’s Connemara Conservancy is hosting its last free bird walk of the year s Saturday, Dec. 4 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Saturday ...

Rose-breasted grosbeaks are migrating through Georgia now on their way to nesting grounds farther north — although a few may nest in the highest elevations of the state’s northeast mountains.

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory’s avian research team is monitoring for non-breeding shorebirds along the Upper Texas Coast until the end of March. Our main focus are those species that are ...

The red-breasted differs from other sapsuckers in its almost entirely red head and breast. Find out more about this conspicuous woodpecker.