nuthatch
any of numerous small, short-tailed, sharp-beaked birds of the family Sittidae that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects.
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How to use nuthatch in a sentence
Whenever a nasal honk-honk-honk alerts me that they’ve fluttered into my yard, I rush outside to watch red-breasted nuthatches scurry over tree trunks.
A concise guide to birding in your own backyard | Erin E. Williams | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostHence the nest of the nuthatch, unless discovered when in course of construction, is difficult to locate.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarNow and again, as they rustled some low tree, a pewee or a nuthatch would give a startled chirp.
Earth's Enigmas | Charles G. D. RobertsFlorida White-breasted nuthatch (atkinsi) is slightly smaller; other races are found west of the Rockies.
Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies | Chester A. (Chester Albert) ReedWhile thus engaged, I saw a White-breasted nuthatch, with something in its - 25 - beak, alight on the trunk of a wild cherry tree.
Bird Lore, Volume I--1899 | Various
The body and bill of the nuthatch is stouter, and not such a pretty shape, and his bill almost turns up.
Citizen Bird | Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
British Dictionary definitions for nuthatch
/ (ˈnʌtˌhætʃ) /
any songbird of the family Sittidae, esp Sitta europaea, having strong feet and bill, and feeding on insects, seeds, and nuts
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