Sitting on a bench surrounded by 70-foot-tall Norway spruces, I watch a red-breasted nuthatch take a peanut from a feeder in my front yard. There’s a cool breeze on this sunny autumn day, and I know ...

The white-breasted nuthatch is often observed walking and probing head-down on the trunks of large conifers in mature wooded areas. The first impression is a small bird with a very white head and ...

Bird sounds that always make me chuckle are those of the red-breasted nuthatch. I won’t call them songs because they don’t meet most people’s idea of “song.” The most common call of this species is ...

It's that little bird that often climbs down the trunk of the tree head first. The only bird that is able to do so, it is the nuthatch's foot structure that makes this behavior possible. It has two ...

Old bones are cold bones, I've heard it said, and my old bones have been sticking pretty close to home. That's why I don't have a bird of my own to present this week. Instead, I decided to borrow one.

No one likes to get duped by fake news, including the red-breasted nuthatch. A year-round resident of the Inland Northwest, this quirky little bird does its best to verify information before ...

Watch this determined tufted titmouse work its magic! It’s focused on that cotton fiber tucked inside. You’ll see it pull… stretch… tug… and stretch again ...

My first week of vacation was busier than a regular week of work. My school year stretched into late June. Then I had several social engagements that I had to attend to during the rest of the month.

At one time no longer found in Missouri, the brown-headed nuthatch is making a recovery with a little help from a multi-agency program. Short-leaf pine woodlands across the Missouri Ozarks were cut ...

When elk were restored to their native habitat in Missouri in 2011, the 800-pound creatures thrived. Now the U.S. Forest Service and Missouri Department of Conservation hope for an equally successful ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/Edited News Release) - The Missouri Department of Conservation and partners are planning to reintroduce a locally-extinct bird species to the Ozarks later this month.