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Pygmy Nuthatch
Sitta pygmaea
36.0966, -112.098
Field Notes
Description:
The Pygmy Nuthatch is a tiny songbird. All plumages are similar, with a warm gray cap, blue-gray upper-parts, and whitish underparts. Vocalizations are highly varied chirps, peeps, and chattering.
They nest in cavities in dead stubs of conifers, lining the bottom of the cavity with pine-cone scales, plant down, and other soft plant and animal materials.
Habitat:
It ranges from southern British Columbia south through various discontinuous parts of the western U.S. (northwest U.S., Sierra Nevada range, southern Rockies, etc.), to central Mexico. It is usually found in pines (especially Ponderosa Pines), Douglas-firs, and other conifers.
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Pygmy Nuthatch
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PublishedAugust 26, 2013
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