They feed on seeds and nuts in harsher times. The name comes from the habit of of wedging larger pieces of food in crevices and haching at it with their beaks.
> On 02 January 2017 at 20:34 Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The snow has melted off my deck, and while I didn’t venture out into the yard, > I did shoot a bit from the relative comfort of the deck. Employed the K-1, the > D FA 150-450 and the DA 1.4X converter. > > I was surprised to see a Nuthatch at the feeder, since they usually dine on > insects. Of course, there may be some bugs among the seed’s, but it looks like > he has a thistle seed here. > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18328622&size=lg > > Back in the tree where he belongs: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18328621&size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
