. Birds through an opera-glass. Birds. 102 BIRDS THROUGH AN OPERA-GLASS. One of his popular names is " sapsucker," for our nuthatch has a sweet tooth, and when the farmers tap the trees in spring he "happens round " at the sugar bush to see what sort of ma- ple syrup they are to have. He tests it well, tak- ing a sip at " the calf" where it oozes out from. the gashing of the axe, tasting it as it dries along the spile, and finally on the rim of the buckets. But his most interesting name is — nuthatch ! How does he come by it ? That seems a riddle. Some cold Novemb
. Birds through an opera-glass. Birds. 102 BIRDS THROUGH AN OPERA-GLASS. One of his popular names is " sapsucker," for our nuthatch has a sweet tooth, and when the farmers tap the trees in spring he "happens round " at the sugar bush to see what sort of ma- ple syrup they are to have. He tests it well, tak- ing a sip at " the calf" where it oozes out from. the gashing of the axe, tasting it as it dries along the spile, and finally on the rim of the buckets. But his most interesting name is — nuthatch ! How does he come by it ? That seems a riddle. Some cold November day put on a pair of thick boots and go to visit the beeches. There in their tops are the nuthatches, for they have deserted the tree trunks for a frolic. They are beechnut- ting ! And that with as much zest as a party of. 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 Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948. New York, Cleveland [etc. ] The Chautauqua press
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