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Thread #70642   Message #1206589
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
13-Jun-04 - 11:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: Anyone seen a Parsimonious Nuthatch?
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone seen a Parsimonious Nuthatch?
Poor Winthrop, your search is in vain. The Parsimonious Nuthatch does not exist. Actually, the Parsimonious Nuthatch species was devised by careless observers who were watching Skewbald Woodpeckers storing food for the winter. They didn't recognize the woodpeckers, which were in molt at the time, so they mistakenly called them nuthatches.