nuthatch

noun

nut·hatch ˈnət-ˌhach

: any of various small tree-climbing chiefly insectivorous birds (family Sittidae and especially genus Sitta) that have a compact body, a narrow bill, a short tail, and sometimes a black cap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Above, a nuthatch in a city park uses a stick to pry up tree bark. —

Nancy Averett, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2019 There’s a wildness to poet Thorpe Moeckel — an attunement and in-tune-ment with the surf, the birch, the mud and flow, with wood ducks, cypress, nuthatch, moose, with the fast-slow shimmery passage of light and time. —

Nina Maclaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022 Being seen are representatives from eight finch species: pine siskin, common redpoll, hoary redpoll, purple finch, pine grosbeak, evening grosbeak, red crossbill, and white-winged crossbill, plus red-breasted nuthatch. —

Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020 Our feeders in west Hennepin County attracted six purple finches and one red-breasted nuthatch. —

Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020 One nuthatch fell into tar and lost its tail feathers when it was cleaned. —

Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020 Gary Ritchison, an ornithologist at Eastern Kentucky University, agrees it’s unknown why the nuthatches don’t trust the chickadees enough to repeat their level of alarm. —

National Geographic, 27 Jan. 2020 Learn about these ways, then take a hike in search of nuthatches in the wild. —

Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2019 The cavities that woodpeckers create and later abandon provide living space for other creatures — birds such as titmice, nuthatches and wrens, but also for flying squirrels, Mason said. —

Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 17 July 2019 See More

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