. Birds and nature . t is not excit-able and looks at one with a calmdemeanor that would indicate but littlefear. With the other members of its family,the White-breasted Nuthatch has thehabit of wedging nuts, and sometimesgrains of corn, into crevices of the barkand then hatching them with strong andrapid blows of its sharp bill. It ham-mers the nuts to pieces, not for the pur-pose of eating the softer parts, butrather to obtain the insect larva that maybe hidden within. It searches diligentlyunder the scaly bark, among the lichensand in the crevices for small insects,larvae and insect eggs wh
. Birds and nature . t is not excit-able and looks at one with a calmdemeanor that would indicate but littlefear. With the other members of its family,the White-breasted Nuthatch has thehabit of wedging nuts, and sometimesgrains of corn, into crevices of the barkand then hatching them with strong andrapid blows of its sharp bill. It ham-mers the nuts to pieces, not for the pur-pose of eating the softer parts, butrather to obtain the insect larva that maybe hidden within. It searches diligentlyunder the scaly bark, among the lichensand in the crevices for small insects,larvae and insect eggs which may be hid-den there. Always searching throughthe daylight hours, during winter orsummer, rain or shine, this interestingbird performs a service to the horticul-turist the value of which cannot be esti-mated. With its near relatives it de-stroys a vast number of insects that arenot captured by other birds. The White-Breasted Nuthatches aredevoted parents and during the nestingseason rarely go far from their I COL. P. M. WOODRUFF. 90 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH (Sitta caroiinensis). Life-size. MUMFORD. CHICAGO
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