Picture of the Day for September 23, 2012

The birds were busy visiting the bird seed feeder today, even the young nuthatch, who took multiple tries to land on the feeder. The nuthatch get their common name from their habit of jamming large nuts and acorns into tree bark, then whacking them with their sharp bill to “hatch” out the seed from the inside.

Young Nuthatch

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