Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

SLENDER-BILLED NUTHATCH.

727a. Sitta carolinensis aculeata. 6 inches.

Range.—Pacific coast region, from British Columbia to southern California. These are similar to the White-breasted bird of the east. Unlike the above, although these are tree climbers, they are as often found coming down the tree as climbing up. They build in cavities of various kinds of trees, laying five or six white eggs, quite heavily marked with brown and lilac (.80 × .60).