BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



can always be distinguished. There is no mis- 

 taking the Nuthatches. No birds have the 

 same long slender beaks, and no birds do 

 just the same sort of work on the tree 

 trunks and large branches, caring not at all 

 whether they go head downwards or head up- 

 wards so long as they can secure the insects 

 they are in search of. The Nuthatch family, 

 consisting of these two members, is a very 

 valuable one. 



When the Chickadees accompany the Nut- 

 hatches we may know that the work in the 

 orchard will be very thoroughly done. Their 

 strong beaks dig out the insects that would do 

 much injury. But if by chance they should 

 miss any insects, or if some borers should be so 

 deeply imbedded in the bark that their beaks 

 prove not the right tools for digging them out, 

 there are two Woodpeckers that winter with us, 

 Hairy and Downy; and Downy, at least, may 

 be along any day. 



If one watches the Woodpeckers at work one 

 will notice that they have a different action 

 from other birds in tapping on the trees. It is 

 usually Downy we see, for the Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, the larger of the two, prefers the woods, 

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