Red-breasted Nuthatch: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, January 2026 — We get White-breasted Nuthatches every day, many times a day…but their close cousins, the Red-breasted, only visit our deck much more rarely. Some months we do not see them at all. So when they do show up I am always happy to see them. All is right with the world once more! Silly, I know, to hang so much on one little bird…but there you have it! They are little too, even compared to the White-breasted, which is in no way big. Yesterday was a particularly cold, but bright, January day, but I have not been able to figure out any pattern to when the Red-breasted Nuthatch will show itself. Sony a6700. Sigma 16-300 at 450mm equivalent field of view (cropped to something like 600mm). Program with bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator and assembled in FrameMagic.