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3.17 (1.35 - 4.98)|
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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
Nuthatches are known for their acrobatic antics, foraging up and particularly down tree trunks looking for insect eggs and larvae or seeds nestled in the cracks of tree bark. Red-breasted Nuthatches are permanent residents across the southern two-thirds of the boreal forest from southern Alaska to southern Labrador south through the western mountains and Appalachians of the US. Winter across Canada and the US and in some years birds in the far northern portions of the range withdraw southward.
Red-breasted Nuthatches prefer mature mixed or coniferous forests. They are also adapting to the maturing forests in urban centres of the province. As migrants south of the breeding range they occur in all types of wooded habitats.
This nuthatch is a fairly common breeding bird in the boreal region and Cypress Hills, an uncommon and local breeder in the parklands and grasslands, but fairly common within prairie cities. During the winter it is now quite common at urban feeders, but it remains irregular in the southern boreal forest and parklands and rare in the grasslands (Smith 1996).
Original text by Jared B. Clarke. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Red-breasted Nuthatch in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Red-breasted Nuthatch in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=RBNU&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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