Late to the party.
Red-breasted nuthatch, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, March 12, 2018.
Checked out the pine cone but it had already been picked over.
Sitta canadensis
During nest building, the Red-breasted Nuthatch is aggressive, chasing away other hole-nesting birds such as the House Wren, White-breasted Nuthatch, and Downy Woodpecker. A particularly feisty nuthatch may go after Yellow-rumped Warblers, House Finches, Violet-Green Swallows, and Cordilleran Flycatchers.
source - Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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