Nuthatches and Creepers

Black and Blue All Over With Just a Splash of Red

By Mia McPherson|May 4th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Mountain Bluebirds, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Targhee National Forest|Tags: adult, aspen, bluebird, bluebirds, forest, Mountain Bluebird, nesting cavity, nesting tree, nuthatch, nuthatches, Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspen, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sialia currucoides, Sitta canadensis, spring|

Well, it was another fun morning at the Magical Sapsucker Tree and today the cast was joined by a pair of Mountain Bluebirds who seem dead set on taking over the Northern Flicker cavity.

At the Magical Sapsucker Tree Once Again

By Mia McPherson|May 3rd, 2015|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Mountain Chickadees, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Targhee National Forest, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: adult, aspen, branch, cavity nesting birds, chattering, chickadee, chickadees, forest, Montana, Mountain Chickadee, mountains, nest, nesting cavity, nuthatch, nuthatches, pair, Poecile gambeli, Red-breasted Nuthatch, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sitta canadensis, Sphyrapicus thyroideus, tree, trees, Williamson's Sapsucker, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

Yesterday may have started off dreary but it sure got lively with a Willamson's Sapsucker, Mountain Chickadee and a pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches at the Magical Sapsucker Tree!