{"id":451,"date":"2018-11-16T11:33:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/?p=451"},"modified":"2018-11-16T11:33:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:33:42","slug":"janes-deck-of-birds-white-breasted-nuthatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/16\/janes-deck-of-birds-white-breasted-nuthatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane&#8217;s Deck of Birds &#8211; White Breasted Nuthatch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Over the last few weeks, the White-Breasted Nuthatches have returned to their favorite feeders on my deck. &nbsp;I didn&#8217;t see them all summer, but I heard their nasal &#8216;yank&#8217; call, and immediately after they appeared at my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbannaturestore.ca\/brome-squirrel-buster-peanut\/\">squirrel proof peanut feeder<\/a>, sunflower and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbannaturestore.ca\/suet-feeder-double\/\">suet feeders<\/a>. &nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White-Breasted Nuthatches are friendly little grey, black and white birds with a touch of a rust color under their wings.  The male&#8217;s head is shiny, whereas the females are slightly paler. &nbsp;You will see them on tree trunks climbing upside down, right side up, and horizontally.  They have an extra long hind claw that enables them to do this.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_0877.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-455\" width=\"552\" height=\"736\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I was hand feeding the Nuthatches at a local birding spot in Durham last week. &nbsp;It was very interesting watching them come and take peanuts and sunflower hearts and wedge them into furrows on the bark of the trees, then hurry back for the next one.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_0880.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"453\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/img_0880\/\" class=\"wp-image-453\" \/><figcaption><em>Photo Credits &#8211; Jane Paradis<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s very easy to attract these little birds to your backyard. &nbsp;Set up some feeders to accommodate peanuts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbannaturestore.ca\/sunflower-hearts-no-mess-no-waste-birdseed\/\">sunflower<\/a>, and suet and you&#8217;ll be able to enjoy them up close and personal!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><br><em>@Urban Nature Store we have the different variety of feeders, seeds, jewelry, outdoor equipment and holiday gifts for all nature lovers and for all ages.<\/em><br><em>Bird of the week\u2013 White Breasted Nuthatch \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbannaturestore.ca\/recycled-red-breasted-nuthatch-earrings\/\">check out our new nuthatch earrings.<\/a><\/em><\/p><cite><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong><em>Author &#8211; Jane Paradis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong><em>Editor &#8211; Daniel Oommen<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few weeks, the White-Breasted Nuthatches have returned to their favorite feeders on my deck. &nbsp;I didn&#8217;t see them all summer, but I heard their nasal &#8216;yank&#8217; call, and immediately after they appeared at my squirrel proof peanut feeder, sunflower and suet feeders. &nbsp; White-Breasted Nuthatches are friendly little grey, black and white [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-janes-deck-of-birds","category-uns-birding-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}