nuthatch
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- noun
- /ˈnʌθˌhætʃ/
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trepador
- He lay still while his racing heart slowed, watching a green nuthatch creeping down the side of the pine's trunk.
- breasted nuthatch
- white-breasted nuthatch
- brown-headed nuthatch
Examples
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The nuthatch is known for its unique ability to climb down trees headfirst while searching for insects.
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I especially like to hear about the nuthatch that pecks on your window if you forget to put out the seeds.
Fiction book (1999) -
A nuthatch lit on an evergreen branch, then flew off when it realized it wasn't alone.
Fiction book (2002) -
And isn’t that a rosy-breasted nuthatch in Sunday’s post?
Blog text (3) -
Tramping around those Northern California woodlands and fields, sharing one pair of binoculars, consulting the field guide to see if the bird with the yellow feathers and red spots on its wings was a starling, a nuthatch, or even a rare cedar waxwing.
Blog text (12) -
During winter, I often see a nuthatch hopping between branches, looking for seeds to eat.
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When I filled the bird feeders, a nuthatch quickly arrived to grab its share of peanuts.
Synonyms
A small bird with blue-grey back and white belly that climbs tree trunks for insects and seeds
A small bird that climbs down trees headfirst and has a blue-grey back and white face
A small bird with blue-grey back and red breast that lives in northern pine forests
A small songbird with blue-grey back and red chest that lives in pine forests in North America
A small blue-grey bird with a black cap and white chest that climbs trees
Compounds
A small bird with blue-grey back and white belly that climbs tree trunks for insects and seeds
A small songbird with blue-grey back and red chest that lives in pine forests in North America
A small blue-grey bird with a black cap and white chest that climbs trees
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nuthatch is made from nut and hatch, and a helpful way to remember it is that hatch here means 'to open'. So a nuthatch is a bird that opens or cracks nuts, which fits its habit of pecking seeds and climbing tree trunks headfirst.