White-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis).

The nuthatch at your backyard feeder.

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

White-breasted Nuthatch call 1 by Wil Hershberger (ML508309)
White-breasted Nuthatch song by Wil Hershberger (ML508307)
White-breasted Nuthatch call 2 by Wil Hershberger (ML508308)
Red-breasted Nuthatch call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML508296)

Sources and more:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-breasted_Nuthatch
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/white-breasted-nuthatch
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.