nuthatch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nuthatch
1300–50; Middle English notehache, nuthagge, nuthak, literally, nut hacker. See nut, hack 1
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The Young Bird Photographer of the Year 2024 was awarded to 14-year-old Spanish photographer Andrés Luis Domínguez Blanco for his creative angle on a nuthatch scrambling down an oak tree.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
Like the nuthatch and the creeper, they're probably still asleep.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2021
In Southwestern Pennsylvania, the nuthatch alone is down 33% from the 1986-95 numbers.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 25, 2019
The birds, which include a nuthatch, a hummingbird and several varieties of warblers, are enlarged to as much as 12 times their actual size.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2018
As he walked, Torak heard the soft piping of bullfinches eating the brambles; a nuthatch tapping a branch for grubs.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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