Nuthatches are curious little birds. Most of the time that I spot one, it is climbing head first down the trunk of a tree.
Earlier this week at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, however, I spotted a hyperactive White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) in the upper branches of a tree. In a series of corkscrewing motions that reminded me of a female gymnast on the uneven parallel bars, the nuthatch made its way up and down and around each of the branches.
If I were an Olympic judge, I would award the acrobatic nuthatch a score of 10 for its brilliant performance.
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Never seen a nuthatch that was not hyperactive!! They are such fun 😉