tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208917872500464884.post6439970519881284299..comments2024-03-07T07:09:35.361+01:00Comments on Loire Valley Nature: Nuthatch - Sitta europaeaSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208917872500464884.post-91837503562678477922014-05-10T15:26:41.939+02:002014-05-10T15:26:41.939+02:00You've missed the most wonderful point about t...You've missed the most wonderful point about the nesting Nuthatch...<br />he is a "veritable bricoleur"...<br />they like an oval hole of a specific size...<br />so they use mud to get that shape...<br />carefully moulding the entrance to suit!! The inside can also be partly or wholly mudlined....<br /><br />Also the Nuthatch has two toes forward and two back... which allows movement up AND down a tree trunk... like woodpeckers.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.com