Show white breasted nuthatch the familiar winter bird the white breasted bre arted nuthatch is the champion steeplejack steep lejack of the world says bars an exchange it can travel headforemost down any tree trunk la in the forest and can perform other dizzy gymnastic feats with astounding ease the nuthatch makes nothing of thrillers the winter hawks occasionally try to catch asleep this weasel of a bird the nuthatch however can scuttle around a tree trunk thrice outpacing out pacing the squirrel fit at the same trick the bird brayes braves the bitter cold and if it knew how it ft probably would hearten us in the winter days with something more cheerful than juank juank it does not know how however and so we must take it for its beauty and its society and let the rest go |