Hand Carved / Hand painted Nuthatch Bird

Vintage Hand carved , hand painted wooden Nuthatch perched on a log A nuthatch’s foot has one big toe (hallux) that faces backward, while its other three toes face forward. It’s able to walk head first down tree trunks by moving only one foot at a time while the hallux toe on the other foot holds firmly to the bark This is a wooden figure with glass eyes and wire wrapped feet . The white-breasted nuthatch commonly visits bird feeders. It typically takes a single sunflower seed and flies to a nearby tree, wedges the seed into the bark and hacks it open with repeated blows from its bill. The white-breasted nuthatch is a common bird of deciduous forests and wooded urban areas. Known as the “upside down” bird, it’s often observed creeping headfirst down tree trunks while searching cracks and crevices for insects *see my other birds and vintage items listed in case you’d like to bundle :) Bin T-2