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Sitta canadensis.
Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1895. The Red-bellied Nuthatches were catching flying insects
Sept. 19. (which they did as actively as Flycatchers) and extracting
seeds from the spruce cones which they took to stubs or rough=
barked trees and stored away in small crevices for future use.
I have seen them at the latter employment many times during
the present month.