The name nuthatch is a gradual modification of this bird's original Middle English name of nuthak or nut hacker. A nuthatch They are very attractive birds with a slatey-blue back, dark line ...

Less gregarious than other nuthatches, the white-breasted nuthatch ... mixed-species flocks, but a single flock rarely includes more than 6 white-­breasteds. Commonly seen at bird feeders ...