Red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis). 

The honorary “winter finch” with a high-pitched honk. 

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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode: 

• Red-breasted nuthatch call by Arnoud van den Berg (ML508298)
• Red-breasted nuthatch soft calls by Wil Hershberger (ML508300)
• White-breasted nuthatch call by William W. H. Gunn (ML508306)
• Red-breasted nuthatch tin horn song by William W. H. Gunn (ML508297)

Sources and more: 

• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-breasted_Nuthatch/  
• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-breasted-nuthatch
• Dobson, C., Kassenbaum, D., Oehmke, D., & Misewicz, M. (2023). Field guide to hotspots and birds in Illinois. Scissortail LLC.
• Peterson, R. T., & Peterson, V. M. (1980). A field guide to the birds: A completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America (Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged.). Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Sibley, D. (2016). Sibley birds East: Field guide to birds of eastern North America (2nd ed.). Alfred A. Knopf.
• Walton, R. K., & Lawson, R. W. (1989). Birding by Ear: Eastern/Central [Compact Disc]. On Eastern/Central birding by ear. Houghton Mifflin Co.