Gerrit Vyn / White-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) male climbing down tree trunk, Tompkins County, New York, USA. January.

Marie Read / White-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) male bringing food for female who is incubating in nest hole in treetrunk. New York, USA, April

Marie Read / Male White breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) perched on stump, New York, USA, October.

David Tipling / White-breasted nuthatch {Sitta carolinensis} on tree trunk, Scandia Crest, New Mexico, USA

Larry Michael / White breasted nuthatch on trunk (Sitta carolinensis) Wisconsin, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) on tree trunk, Burlington, North Carolina, USA. January 2005

Larry Michael / White breasted nuthatch {Sitta carolinensis} USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / White breasted nuthatch {Sitta carolinensis} adult on Juniper tree, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA

Dave Watts / White-breated Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) at nest hole, Arizona, USA

Dave Watts / White-breated Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) feeding chicks at nest hole, Arizona, USA

Dave Watts / White breasted nuthatch feeding young {Parus caeruleus} Digital composite