Red-breasted nuthatch? (1 Viewer)

[contentedbirder]

We've seen this bird around for the past two months, a new visitor this year. It seems smaller and browner than the white-breasted nuthatches we see all the time. Today I was able to photograph it, and it has a distinct white and black stripe on its head. It has slightly different feeding behavior from a white-breasted nuthatch, which tends to "grab and go"; this little bird stays a bit longer on the feeder. Female red-breasted nuthatch?
Northern New Jersey, 28 March 2019.

 

[Karcher]

Yes it's a red breasted nuthatch.

 

[fugl]

Agree, Red-breasted Nuthatch. Plumage comparatively dull so probably a female as you say.

 

[Microtus]

I agree with fugl.

 

[KC Foggin]

It sure is!