White-breasted Nuthatch Pictures

Eastern Washington

White-breasted nuthatches are relatively common in Eastern Washington's ponderosa pine stands, at lower-elevations on the east slope of the Cascade Mountains and in the Okanogan extending east around Spokane. Nuthatches are named for their method of opening seeds by wedging them in tree bark and hammering like a woodpecker.

White-breasted nuthatch foraging in ponderosa pine bark

White-breasted nuthatch foraging on pine bark

White-breasted nuthatch perched in a pine tree

White-breasted nuthatch hunting black locust

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