In a paper published in the on-line edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Templeton reports that red-breasted nuthatches (Sitta Canadensis) eavesdrop on the alarm calls ...

A study of chickadees and nuthatches has revealed the first example of one species of bird being able to interpret details of the warning signals used by another. Many animals sound the alarm when ...

Mr. CHRIS TEMPLETON (Student, University of Washington): What we discovered was that red-breasted nuthatches not only recognize these alarm calls but they're able to discriminate among really ...

Frequent visitors to my feeder include cardinals, chickadees, tufted titmice, house finches, downy woodpeckers, house sparrows, goldfinches, juncos and nuthatches. One of my favorites is the white ...

If you live in North America, you might have enjoyed the bright songs of black-capped chickadees or red-breasted nuthatches on your street. But you might not have known that those songs have lyrics.

Perhaps you have seen white-breasted nuthatches in your yard. They’re heart-warming little clowns, upside down more than right side up, with quizzical smiles in their dished-up bills and funny ...

WASHINGTON – Nuthatches appear to have learned to understand a foreign language — chickadee. It's not unusual for one animal to react to the alarm call of another, but nuthatches seem to go ...

Sigurd learns from some nearby nuthatches (small, noisy, birds) about his companions' treachery, and they tell him he should eat Fafnir's heart so he can become the wisest of men. Now that winter ...

Those of us living in the Houston and San Antonio areas are being treated to the uncommon arrival of red-breasted nuthatches in our backyards. We're experiencing an irruption of the birds ...