tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post6570500802413968782..comments2024-03-28T21:51:26.408-04:00Comments on Tails of Birding: Nuthatches - Agile Acrobats on the Tree TrunkChris Petrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637163831402534158noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-77145503808957872132008-01-30T16:03:00.000-05:002008-01-30T16:03:00.000-05:00Unless I'm gravely mistaken, the way the nuthatch...Unless I'm gravely mistaken, the way the nuthatch opens sunflower seeds by placing the seed in a crevice or split in the bark (and usually below the bird so as it pecks the seed is held in by both gravity and the wedge shape of the crevice) that the bird is making use of a tool. Specifically the wedge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-65688325726824349892007-10-01T23:50:00.000-04:002007-10-01T23:50:00.000-04:00I just recently read on a NE list that red-breaste...I just recently read on a NE list that red-breasted nuthatches are being sighted at unusually high numbers around here. I'm excited about that. I have only seen the white-breasted here where I live, and pygmy nuthatches on a trip to Colorado. They are some of my favorite birds.<BR/><BR/>But then, I say that about a lot of birds.Hanley Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07363108115499781703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-48273697918608884762007-09-30T16:48:00.000-04:002007-09-30T16:48:00.000-04:00That's really cool!I saw Cedar Waxwings feeding on...That's really cool!I saw Cedar Waxwings feeding on the wing once.-<BR/><BR/> We had an irruption of RB-Nuthatches in CT.-I was pleased to have one visiting my feeder-I was equally pleased to see it jab the House Sparrows in their sides!Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17955054342034509500noreply@blogger.com