Thus secured, the nuthatch may hack the seed open with its bill hence the name nuthatch or cover it with a piece of bark or moss for a later snack. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
The word "nuthatch" is derived from the fondness of the Eurasian species for hazel nuts. From Wordnik.com. [The Annotated "Eyes of the World"] Reference
I think the nuthatch is my favorite bird. From Wordnik.com. [Turning out and other things....] Reference
"nuthatch," a word that gives an erroneous impression, for no bird ever hatches a nut. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bird Comrades] Reference
Here's another nuthatch on the trunk of this tree. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2007] Reference
He may be a nuthatch, only he doesn't eat upside down. From Wordnik.com. [The WritingYA Weblog: Poetry Friday: Observation] Reference
You know our little nuthatch guy was more of a pokey sort, yes. From Wordnik.com. [I, Trampoline] Reference
Trinity asked what happened to the little red-breasted nuthatch. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
The red-breasted nuthatch returned on Sunday, August 19, one day early. From Wordnik.com. [All the leaves are falling down] Reference
I spotted the rusty while scanning for the nuthatch through my binoculars. From Wordnik.com. [CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Skin Deep] Reference
Here's today's PSA brought to you by nuthatch: Flying carp must be stopped. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
The white breasted nuthatch feeds and creeps on the nearby tree upside down. From Wordnik.com. [Feeding The Birds « Fairegarden] Reference
The nuthatch is only about 10 feet from me in the photograph above, but he's a blur. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain, Some Feathers, Strong Looking and Swoops] Reference
She said a nuthatch flew into the sliding glass door and fell into a potted geranium. From Wordnik.com. [The man who wrote "100 Things to Do Before You Die" died -- at age 47 -- in a fall at his house in L.A.] Reference
Just visits by four goldfinches, some undefined number of chickadees, and a nuthatch. From Wordnik.com. [The moving finger writes . . .] Reference
One strict endemic bird species, the Algerian nuthatch (Sitta ledanti), is also found. From Wordnik.com. [Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests] Reference
I did manage to get this relatively decent shot of a red-breasted nuthatch this afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [More Birding] Reference
I do not know if naturalists have remarked that the nuthatch has a very limited range of vision. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Nature Won By Kindness] Reference
Instead of hopping up a tree like most woodpeckers, the red-breasted nuthatch climbs down headfirst. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
These four are the white-breasted nuthatch, tufted titmouse, downy woodpecker, and the merry little chickadee. From Wordnik.com. [Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State] Reference
To help it negotiate upside down, the nuthatch hangs from one foot while bracing itself in front with another. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
Laurus; the nuthatch, a noisy but not unmusical bird, Chakor, together with small partridges, but these are rare; several Conirostres. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Would they actually send him away to the nuthatch if it started to seem that his elevator no longer went all the way to the top floor?. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Lands]
But my attention had been caught by seeing what looked like a nuthatch: only it was moping and ill, with eyes shut and feathers ruffled. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Nature Won By Kindness] Reference
A nuthatch came by - unfortunately, all I got was a beautifully focussed shot of the suet cake and a somewhat blurry shot of the bird. From Wordnik.com. [Photographing birds] Reference
Тhere are many rock birds such as rock nuthatch (Sitta neumayer), wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria), pied wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka). From Wordnik.com. [Gissaro-Alai open woodlands] Reference
The ecoregion also hosts a number of endemic birds such as the Corsican nuthatch (Sitta whiteheadi), as well as several endemic amphibians. From Wordnik.com. [South Appenine mixed montane forests] Reference
There was only one place, where the bars were rather widely apart, so that the nuthatch could have got out if she had possessed half the wits of the robin. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Nature Won By Kindness] Reference
The nuthatch was sitting quietly under her piece of bark, and did not see him; so he picked up the desired morsels, and, after a few minutes, went out where it came in. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Nature Won By Kindness] Reference
The nuthatch of England belongs to the species just named. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bird Comrades] Reference
A still smaller member of this group is the brown-headed nuthatch. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bird Comrades] Reference
Does it not look as if the forehanded nuthatch was laying by a supply of ants for a coming time of hunger?. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bird Comrades] Reference
We have now described the American nuthatch quartette, and will turn to other fields no less inviting, albeit more remote. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bird Comrades] Reference
In spite of his unique and interesting habits, the poets have scarcely begun to chant the praises of the American nuthatch. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bird Comrades] Reference
Presently one of them was seen carefully primping his feathers -- a function that I had not previously seen a nuthatch perform. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bird Comrades] Reference
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