| Common Name: | Nuthatch, Pygmy | | Scientific Name: | Sitta pygmaea | | Family: | Sittidae (Nuthatches) | | Area: | Collier Memorial State Park, Oregon | | Date: | August 24, 2012 | 
This is the smallest of the nuthatches at only 4 ¼ inches from the tip of its beak to the tip of its tail. They are year around residents that nest, rear their young, and roost communally in tree cavities. | 
| | Reference: | National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America by Dunn & Alderfer / The Birders Handbook by Ehrlich, Dobkin, & Wheye |
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