Brown-headed Nuthatch
Photo Study Of Brown-headed Nuthatches And Some Other Birds In Delaware, June 10th, 2010
The
Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta
pusilla) has
expanded its range northward from south-eastern United States up the coast
to Delaware. The Brown-headed Nuthatch is breeding in Cape Henlopen State
Park in Lewes, DE and we were fortunate enough to see 10 to 12 different birds feeding in
the Pine Trees. We also saw juvenile Piping Plovers on the beach in the protected
area at Cape Henlopen Point.
Species seen:
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Canada Goose |
Willet |
Brown-headed Nuthatch |
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Mute Swan |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Carolina Wren |
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American Black Duck |
Red Knot |
Marsh Wren |
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Mallard |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
American Robin |
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Northern Bobwhite |
Laughing Gull |
Gray Catbird |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
Herring Gull |
Northern Mockingbird |
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Great Blue Heron |
Great Black-backed Gull |
European Starling |
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Great Egret |
Forster's Tern |
Cedar Waxwing |
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Snowy Egret |
Least Tern |
Prothonotary Warbler |
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Green Heron |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Common Yellowthroat |
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Black-crowned Night Heron |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Song Sparrow |
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Glossy Ibis |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Northern Cardinal |
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Turkey Vulture |
Northern Flicker |
Blue Grosbeak |
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Osprey |
Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Indigo Bunting |
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Bald Eagle |
Eastern Kingbird |
Boat-tailed Grackle |
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Piping Plover |
Blue Jay |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
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Semipalmated Plover |
American Crow |
Orchard Oriole |
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Killdeer |
Fish Crow |
House Finch |
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American Oystercatcher |
Purple Martin |
American Goldfinch |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
Tree Swallow |
House Sparrow |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
Tufted Titmouse |
American Kestrel |
For comparative purposes, here are nine pictures of Brown-headed Nuthatches followed by images of a Red-breasted Nuthatch and a White-breasted Nuthatch (which were both photographed in Bucks County, PA earlier this year.)
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Nuthatch
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Nuthatch Red-breasted
Nuthatch White-breasted
Nuthatch
From Cape Henlopen, we headed to Bombay Hook NWR and Port Mahon where I was able to photograph the other birds shown after the Brown-headed Nuthatch images on this webpage. Please click on either the thumbnails or the captions below to see a larger picture...thanks!
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©
Howard B. Eskin 2010 
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