Sitta canadensis

This is the first Red-breasted Nuthatch I have seen in the back yard. It is a fairly common bird, but not as common as the White-breasted Nuthatch. The Red-breasted ones are known to visit seed feeders. He must be visiting from the forests we have at higher elevations, because they prefer spruce and fir trees. Neither of those grow naturally at our elevation, and there are only ornamental spruce or fir near us.