{"id":1187,"date":"2013-04-16T07:17:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T11:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2025-05-23T13:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:23:40","slug":"nuthatch-nest-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/nuthatch-nest-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuthatch Nest Building Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we mentioned earlier, a pair of Red Breasted Nuthatches have been <a title=\"Red Breasted Nuthatches Check Out Our Crabapple Tree for Nesting near Toronto Ontario\" href=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/red-breasted-nuthatches-crabapple-nesting-toronto-ontario\/\"><strong>experimenting with nest building in a dead branch of our crabapple tree<\/strong><\/a>. We&#8217;ve been keeping an eye on them and the tree daily. Judging by today&#8217;s observations, they haven&#8217;t decided for sure yet, nor have they laid any eggs. But you can judge for yourself. What do these photos tell you about the state of the nuthatch nest?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchBeakFullonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1189\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchBeakFullonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Red Breasted Nuthatch Beak Full on NaturalCrooksDotCom\" width=\"600\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchBeakFullonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchBeakFullonNaturalCrooksDotCom-200x186.jpg 200w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchBeakFullonNaturalCrooksDotCom-400x372.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchBeakFullonNaturalCrooksDotCom-322x300.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchNestBuildingonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1188\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchNestBuildingonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Red Breasted Nuthatch Nest Building on NaturalCrooksDotCom\" width=\"600\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchNestBuildingonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchNestBuildingonNaturalCrooksDotCom-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchNestBuildingonNaturalCrooksDotCom-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchNestBuildingonNaturalCrooksDotCom-398x400.jpg 398w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RedBreastedNuthatchNestBuildingonNaturalCrooksDotCom-299x300.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Red Breasted Nuthatches Check Out Our Crabapple Tree for Nesting near Toronto Ontario\" href=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/red-breasted-nuthatches-crabapple-nesting-toronto-ontario\/\"><strong>Red Breasted Nuthatches Check Out Our Crabapple Tree for Nesting near Toronto Ontario<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/out-limb-who-nests-lakeside-park-mississauga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Blue-Grey Gnatcatchers Nest<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/watch-barn-swallows-blue-orange-forked-tails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Barn Swallows Gather Mud for Nests<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Join In<\/strong><br \/>\nIs any-bird building a home in your yard this year? Have you spotted a busy duo on a daily walk? Please share your experiences with a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If only human home builders were this determinedly diligent about their work! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[25,124],"class_list":["post-1187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-focus","tag-birds","tag-red-breasted-nuthatches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9780,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions\/9780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}