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White-Breasted Nuthatch
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| Length: |
5-6 inches |
Song: |
wee-wee-wee-wee-wee-wee-wee |
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Wingspan: |
9-11
inches |
Behavior: |
They are in solitary or in
pairs and they are sociable in nonbreeding season. |
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Weight: |
0.7 ounces |
Breeding: |
Monogamous. Solitary.
Sometimes known to form small colonies. |
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Habitat: |
Forest, open forest, forest
edge. |
Population: |
Common in deciduous woodlots
and in mixed coniferous deciduous trees in the North and the West. |
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Migration: |
Nonmigratory |
Feeders: |
Nuts,
seeds, spider, and insects. |
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Appearance: |
Has blackish blue tertials,
blue-gray upperparts, white patches on a blue-black tail, has white
underparts, white face and breast and long and black bill.
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Interesting Facts: |
The White-Breasted Nuthatch
sleeps in the head down and tail up position. This bird is threatened
to habit loss so it could become extinct. |
Compiled by
Spencer and Jonathan, Middletown
Elementary School, Louisville, KY
Information from Birds of North America by Fred J Alsop III, DK Publishing, Inc., 2001
Photos used with permission from
Richard Healy.
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