. Birds of New York. Birds. BIRDS OF NEW YORK 497 of 4 or 5, frequently associated with chickadees and creepers and Downy woodpeckers. They mate early in the season and build their nest in some hollow tree, rarely in the deserted nesting hole of the Downy woodpecker. All those I have found, however, have been in hollow trees with the entrance through a knothole, sometimes slightly enlarged by the nuthatches. The nest is composed of leaves, mosses, soft grass and feathers. The eggs are from 5 to 8 in number, pinkish white in ground color, rather finely speckled, more heavily near the larger end
. Birds of New York. Birds. BIRDS OF NEW YORK 497 of 4 or 5, frequently associated with chickadees and creepers and Downy woodpeckers. They mate early in the season and build their nest in some hollow tree, rarely in the deserted nesting hole of the Downy woodpecker. All those I have found, however, have been in hollow trees with the entrance through a knothole, sometimes slightly enlarged by the nuthatches. The nest is composed of leaves, mosses, soft grass and feathers. The eggs are from 5 to 8 in number, pinkish white in ground color, rather finely speckled, more heavily near the larger end, with reddish brown and grayish A brood of Nuthatches (one family) posed on stick They average .8 by .6 inches in dimensions. The young are usually out of the nest by the first or second week in June and are frequently seen seated in a row on some limb adjoining the nesting site for two or three days before they are able to creep successfully around the tree trunks as their parents do. The mortality among young nuthatches must be high as there seems to be almost no increase in their numbers in locaUties where they are protected year after year. Since the revival of interest in nature and bird study, many people feed the nuthatches in winter with bits of suet, nuts and seeds of the sunflower, which are placed on lunch counters. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Eaton, Elon Howard, 1866-1934; Noyes, Nicholas H. fmo. Albany, University of the State of New York
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