英:['nʌthætʃ]
美:['nʌthætʃ]
英:['nʌthætʃ]
美:['nʌthætʃ]
nut·hatch
nuht haech
noun
any of various small birds with a short tail, a long, narrow, sharp beak, and agility in climbing about on tree trunks and branches in search of insects.
"栖息在树洞中的小鸟,14世纪中期出现(早在13世纪已作为姓氏出现), note-hach,可能因其打开并食用坚果的习惯而得名; 源自 nut(n.)和第二个元素与 hack(v.)和 hatchet 有关。"
Middle English notehache, from note nut + -hache; akin to Old English tohaccian to hack — more at hack
The first known use of nuthatch was in the 14th century
nutmegnoun
a spice that consists of the ground seeds of a small tropical evergreen tree grown especially in Indonesiaalso: the seed or tree
nuthatchnoun
any of various small birds that climb trees and eat insects and are noted for their habit of going down tree trunks headfirst
1 Two northwestern crows and two red-breasted nuthatches with twisted beaks also had the virus.
2 The summer food of the white-breasted nuthatch and the brown creeper, for example, includes the eggs, larvae, and adults of a very large number of insects injurious to trees.
3 As you continue, listen for the nasal call of the white-breasted nuthatch, a handsome blue-gray songbird known for crawling upside down on tree trunks.
4 One species on the extreme edge, the Bahama nuthatch, only one or two of which were known to be living before Dorian, may well have been pushed to extinction.
5 Cardinals, juncos, jays, nuthatches, tufted titmice and rusty blackbirds — the blackbirds were unusual here, possibly driven astray by storms — also arrived for treats, though none came as close.
6 The hulking tree, full of carbon and a cool resting place for racoons and red-breasted nuthatches, was slated to be axed as soon as Friday in the development of six units of housing.
7 “I am happy when I watch a tufted titmouse, nuthatch or any other bird fly to one of my feeders and chow down on a big fat nut or seed,” wrote Donna McDowell of Gaithersburg.
8 The birds, which include a nuthatch, a hummingbird and several varieties of warblers, are enlarged to as much as 12 times their actual size.
9 I heard no nuthatches, the chickadees called once, but were silent again.
10 I was glad to hear the nuthatches and chickadees.
11 Seen here are everyday delights such as chickadees, kinglets and nuthatches, to Cooper’s hawks and even in some years the tiny northern Saw-whet owl, in addition to common barred owls.
12 “This could have been the coup de grâce for the nuthatch,” Dr. Steadman said.
13 I stretched back in the sun and hummed the song of the brown thrasher and of Barometer, the nuthatch.
14 Still absorbing this thrill, Eben points out a Hawaii creeper, another endangered species that gleans insects from the bark of trees like a nuthatch.
15 “How did you end up in that nuthatch anyway? You aren’t any crazier than I am.”
16 Distorted beaks were spotted in lesser numbers of jays, woodpeckers and nuthatches — 24 species in all.
17 The bird McMansion, Martin said with a laugh, has become the community’s go-to spot for woodpeckers, finches, nuthatches, doves, robins and cardinals.
18 During the winter of 1957-58, Dr. Wallace saw no chickadees or nuthatches at his home feeding station for the first time in many years.
19 But a roost box can protect any birds that nest in boxes: bluebirds, chickadees, titmice, nuthatches and small woodpeckers.
20 Another 50 nuthatches will be released next August.