RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH TRYING TO CREATE A NEST HOLE ON THE SIDE OF A HOUSE2

Remarkable as it may seem, red-breasted nuthatches have a beak strong enough to chisel out a nest hole in dead or partially dead confer and aspen trees. Working together it may take the male an female up to 18 days to carve out a hole up to 8 inches deep (20 cm).
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