THE WILD SIDE: Nuthatches' unusual personality on display during winter

Sunday Gazette-Mail | December 12, 2004| | Copyright

If you've ever doubted that birds have personality, find a white- breasted nuthatch. Easier said than done, you say. Then step outside and listen. Even with my eyes closed, the distinct nasal, "Ank, ank, ank" call alerts me to the nuthatch's presence. Then just scan the treetops. It doesn't take long to spot the blue-gray acrobat.

I see it first as it works its way head first down the trunk of a large white oak tree. Quickly flitting to a nearby branch, it hangs upside-down and nabs a cold, groggy spider. In jerky, almost mechanical movements, it continues up and down the tree. I flatter ...

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