Red Breasted Nuthatch "Sitta canadensis"

The red-breasted nuthatch is a small songbird. The adult has blue-grey upperparts with cinnamon underparts, a white throat and face with a black stripe through the eyes, a straight grey bill and a black crown. It's call, which has been likened to a tin trumpet, is high-pitched and nasal.  It forages on the trunks and large branches of trees, often descending head first, sometimes catching insects in flight. It eats mainly insects and seeds, especially from conifers. It excavates it's nest in dead wood, often close to the ground, smearing the entrance with pitch.