What Bird is This?

[Hobbes]

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Wooded area with lots of blackjack trees.
I put up a bird feeder to attract songbirds and I am swamped with these but I don't know what they are.
The black cap on their heads sometimes are pointed into somewhat of a crest.
A small amount of yellow or orange coloring on their undersides.

I've seen woodpeckers, bluejays, roadrunners, finches, but only one cardinal.

 

[ElkStalkR]

Wife says its a white-breasted nuthatch. I had to ask her, she's the ornithologist, not me.

 

[Hobbes]

Wife says its a white-breasted nuthatch.

Thanks

I've looked online but there are so many bird species in OK it is almost overwhelming.

I'm impressed she knew.

 

[dennishoddy]

Thanks

I've looked online but there are so many bird species in OK it is almost overwhelming.

I'm impressed she knew.

Thanks for that info as well. We have feeders out when it gets cold, and have these little guys around quite a bit.

 

[Deer Slayer]

The bird looks more like a tufted titmouse which is quite common in Okla at bird feeders. They love sunflower seeds and will send alot of time hammering the shells open to get at the seed.

 

[Hobbes]

The black cape over the head looks more like the nuthatch.
It's VERY pronounced on most birds I am seeing.

One other clue: The wiki says that the nuthatch frequently "able to move head-first down trees."

These guys sometimes hang upside down on the feeder even when there is no reason to do so.

 

[tomthebaker]

I don't see a tuft on that "titmouse."

 

[deerwhacker444]

And they're one of the least spooky birds we have around the feeders. You can get really close and they don't care. They usually seem to come in pair and make a squeaking noise the entire time.

 

[Kozmos]

Certainly a nuthatch but the goofy kid in me still wants to say titmouse and giggle like beavis! The titmouse will have the tuft on the head and short stout bill.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Sidebar: Yesterday afternoon, on Lake Hefner. Very large osprey or some bird of prey...... hovered, nosedived, came out with a big fish; fun to watch.