In a tree just inside the lot adjacent to mine, today one of the
nuthatches did an impressive avian Dracula impression over a perceived
threat from a gray squirrel.

I saw the nuthatch on the tree just beneath the cavity entrance in a
striking static pose with its wings spread (imagine the way Dracula
extends his cape), and tail spread as well.  In the nearest tree to that
one, at that level about 3 feet away and on the farthest side, the
squirrel was nonchalantly perched motionless on a limb.

Apparently satisfied that its point was well taken, the nuthatch relaxed
its pose and popped in the cavity to the nest.

Kathy Mock
Barberton, OH
Summit Co.

"When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them
all." -- Edward O. Wilson

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