White-Breasted Nuthatch juvenile

Nice photo, interesting info about your visitors.

@RoanokeRose, yes, they live as far south as northern Florida, but they tend to be birds of the forest, so depending on your local environment, they may not be common. I see them at my suet feeder, and - at least during the winter - regulars at my sunflower seed feeder. They fly off with sunflower seeds, tuck them into a crevice in tree bark, then peck them open to get the nut - thus their name "nuthatch".

Around here, the birds most likely to build a nest under a roof is the phoebe. We left the door to a shed open, and discovered a phoebe was building a nest in the shed. We had to make sure she was out, then close the door, and let her start again somewhere else. On our currently vacant property, one built a nest under the little roof which connects the lower house to its garage; they were unhappy whenever we visited and went into the house!

Lucky you! I saw a white-breasted nuthatch at a reserve a couple of months ago, but it was a long way away and my photos were terrible. Just good enough to prove I knew what I was seeing. Someone, I think a finch, build a nest under my patio roof. I didn't know it until I found three dead featherless chicks on the patio in front of the sliding glass door. I climbed the ladder and there was still one chick in a nest that seemed sound, but it died too a week or so later. I just took the nest down. I don't know what went wrong, but if it had anything to do with the location she can build a nest somewhere else and try again. Broke my heart! I am so happy to have birds in my yard.

What a fine family! We seem to have more rose-breasted than white-breasted.
Another great photo, Don.

Pretty little one and so cute. Thanks, Don.

Nice photo, Don! He's a cutie.

Nice photo. I've never seen one of these in my bird feeder so don't know if they come as far south as southern Va.