:::snicker:::

At an event this weekend, found out that at least I'm not the only one who's enchanted by Nuthatches. No, they're not the flashiest birds at the feeder...not by far. But DAMN are they amusing to watch.

For some reason, the fact that they feed head-downwards never ceases to seem funny. And that call of theirs ("Heh!") just sounds so much like maniacal laughter, they're always good for a giggle.

I don't know if the 'hatches at anyone else's feeder have the habit of flinging seed around madly when they eat. We initially thought that they were just trying to bypass the filler and get to the "yummybits". (After a couple rounds of filling the feeder EXCLUSIVELY with "yummybits", we're pretty sure it's just the equivalent of a little kid playing in the toilet.)

Mad little things. Very aptly named.

Slán,

~Fionn

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