Tina

Favorite Bird Every morning, starting in February I heard yank yank yank high in the trees here in Portland Oregon in an area of mature conifers and broad leaf trees.  Red Breasted Nuthatch (RBN).  Heard, but not seen.  Starting in mid-May one individual RBN began to actively feed in the trees and even ventured down to the potted plants on my balcony.  It was picking insects and spiders from the plants.  I had combed out my brush and left some hair in one pot, thinking that the Anna's hummers would use it for nesting.  It was a good surprise to see the RBN swoop into the pot and fly off with a soft bundle of hair to line it's cavity nest. I don't know why I never see more than one RBN at a time around the trees but I am glad that that one is nesting.