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Red-breasted Nuthatch

Contributors: Margaret Heslin

With its extremely wide distribution, this species nests farther north and in higher elevations than most of its relatives. When seed crops fail in the far north, they move south in large numbers. This bird was photographed in Toronto.

Red-breasted Nuthatch
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