Daily Herald photographer George LeClaire entices a Red-Breasted Nuthatch to land on his hand using peanuts in Glenview. Many Illinois residents have posted on Illinois Audubon Society Facebook page that they have spotted large numbers of the bird for the first time since 2007 and 1989 migrations.
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A four-inch-long male Red-Breasted Nuthatch with its distinct colors drinks from a birdbath in Glenview. The birds travel in pairs and the female has less red on the belly.
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A male and female Red-Breasted Nuthatch landed on Daily Herald photographer George LeClaires hand more than 50 times to grab a peanut.
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A female, left, and male Red-Breasted Nuthatch stands on a birdbath in Glenview. The male has a black crown on top of its head and has a red belly.
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A Red-Breasted Nuthatch eats peanuts in Glenview.
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Red-Breasted Nuthatches likes feeders that hang hand upside down.
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A male White-Breasted Nuthatch, almost six-inches-long, feeds on suet in Glenview.
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A Red-Breasted Nuthatch feeds on peanuts.
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A Rufous Hummingbird is spotted in the backyard of Susan and Mike Giannini in Glenview.
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A Red-Breasted Nuthatches hide seed and nuts in tree bark in Glenview.
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A Rufous Hummingbird is spotted in the backyard of Susan and Mike Giannini in Glenview.
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A nine-inch long male Red-Bellied Woodpecker hangs upside down from a suet feeder in Glenview.
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A Robin appears to be chased away by a metal bird ornament on a fence in Glenview. A majority of Robins head south for the winter, however, some stick around.
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A female Red-Breasted Nuthatch has less red in the belly than the male.
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A male Red-Breasted Nuthatch has a wingspan of seven-inches.
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Daily Herald photographer George LeClaire entices a red-breasted nuthatch to land on his hand using peanuts
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A male juvenile Rufous Hummingbird is seen in Susan and Mike Gianninis backyard in Glenview.
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A female Red-Breasted Nuthatch hides a black-oil sunflower seed in a moss plant feeder in Glenview. The bird may take seeds from a feeder hundreds of times in one day, stashing most of them for leaner times in the winter.
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A male red-breasted Nuthatch eats from a suet feeder packed with black-oil sunflower seed in Glenview.
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A Blue Jay has a strong black bill uesed for cracking nuts and acorns.
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An 11-inch long Blue Jay with a wing span of about 16 inches, grabbed 20 peanuts in 45 minutes.
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A male Cardinal seems extra colorful perched on a feeder filled with black-oil sunflower seed in Glenview.
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