I have made my
decision. I want to be a nuthatch.
For one thing, nuthatches
will join in with flocks of chickadees and do chickadee things. I already enjoy watching chickadees. I think I could hang out with them all day
long. And—who knows—I might enjoy doing
chickadee things.
In their personal
lives, nuthatches they are monogamous. Good
stuff, that. Monogamy provides stability
and consistency in life. I could use
some of that.
Perhaps, more
than anything, I would love to engage in some of a nuthatch’s quirky behaviors. I want to walk around upside down on the
bottom of tree branches and walk headfirst down the trunks of trees. Not many birds can do this. A nuthatch can.
A pair of
nuthatches regularly visits my house. The
birds habitually walk up and down the stucco and brick walls of my exterior. I have seen them join with the chickadees. And I regularly watch them engage in another
clever behavior: caching away “excess” food for future use. I often witness them wedging seeds from my
birdfeeder inside cracks in the bark of nearby trees or stuffing the seeds
under pieces of metal trim on the exterior of my house.
I have posted a short video about nuthatches and their unique activities.
—Mitchell Hegman
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnR2xZ9_Iuo
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