. Bird lore . WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH AND SUET. NOTE THE GRASPOF THE BIRDS EXTENDED FOOT A Friendly Nuthatch Last winter I kept a lunch-counter for theMrds just outside a window of my room. Itwas visited by several different species of birds, but the mostfrequent patronswere the White-breasted Nut-hatche?. They ateeverything fromcracked corn to suet,but seemed particu-larly fond of walnutmeats. I took ad-vantage of this and,after the birds hadbecome accustomedto my presence atthe window, triedfeeding them frommy hand. One littlefellow became muchtamer than the restand after a few daysof traini
. Bird lore . WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH AND SUET. NOTE THE GRASPOF THE BIRDS EXTENDED FOOT A Friendly Nuthatch Last winter I kept a lunch-counter for theMrds just outside a window of my room. Itwas visited by several different species of birds, but the mostfrequent patronswere the White-breasted Nut-hatche?. They ateeverything fromcracked corn to suet,but seemed particu-larly fond of walnutmeats. I took ad-vantage of this and,after the birds hadbecome accustomedto my presence atthe window, triedfeeding them frommy hand. One littlefellow became muchtamer than the restand after a few daysof training hehopped upon myhand and fed quitefearlessly. After eating a few pieces he invar-iably took one and flew to a nearby tree,where he hid it in a crevice in the bark. Later in the winter, the Nuthatch hoppedupon my arm, and even upon the top of my. WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH AT WINDOW FEEDING TRAY Notes from Field and Study 219 head, and took food I had placed there. Hefound it great sport to come into my room andfeed from piles of food on the window-sill, andalso from my hand. One day he took anotherhop towards civilisation,—he flew from thewindow-sill to my dresser and ate from a lumpof suet I had placed there. After feeding awhile, he gave an indignant glance at hisimage in the looking-glass, and flew out of thewindow with a piece of food in his bill. Heeven took food from a chair set a few feetfrom the window and, at the request to lookpleasant in the form of a sharp whistle,posed for his picture several times. Heapparently paid no attention to the glaringface of the camera only two feet away. Myroom was now being converted into a photo-graphic studio, but all my customers came inthrough the window! When out in the yard, the Nuthatch would fly down and eat from the top of my also would come down the tree trunk andfeed
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