At 03:33 PM 8/13/96 -0800, Dennis wrote:

>Nuthatches are among the best cachers in the bird world.
.....snip.......Cacheing behavior in nuthatches and chickadees, as well as
jays and crows......

I've seen this in jays and crows (we've sunflowers EVERYWHERE around the
yard, courtesy of jays) but not in nuthatches until now. I'm delighted to
learn they are also cachers. By the way, have you noticed that the jays
always cache in groups of three seeds to each hole?

Thanks,

Peggi



Peggi Rodgers
Oregon Research Institute
Eugene, OR
peggir at ori.org
prodgers at efn.org
"A bird does not sing because it has an
answer, It sings because it has a song"