A common nuthatch, the Red-breasted Nuthatch is a short-distant migrant. Their northernmost populations migrate south each year within the United States, but many populations may not migrate at all.
Those Red-breasted Nuthatches that do migrate, leave as early as July and may reach their southernmost point by September or October.
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
These were taken during the evening’s golden hour at Pea Island NWR.
