2007 Red Breased Nuthatch Colored Commemorative Quarter

Part of the Birds of Canada Quarter Series.

The Red-breasted Nuthatch is easily missed as it creeps along tree limbs like a mouse - a behaviour one wouldn't expect from a bird. Head-first it climbs down the tree trunk, searching for tiny organisms hidden in the nooks and crannies that were overlooked by other birds that climb up in an upright position.

The red-breasted nuthatch, a feathered tree climber, is immortalized in a painted 25-cent coin struck in a specimen finish, designed by artist Arnold Nogy of Coldwater, Ontario. This resourceful little bird will also star in one of the "wildly" popular Hinterland Who's Who television vignettes. This coin is limited to a mintage of 25,000 and retails for a suggested $24.95 CDN.