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Pygmy Nuthatch
Sitta pygmaea
(L 4.25" WS 7.75" Wt 0.37 oz)
Roosts with others in tree
cavities on cold nights.
Sandia Mountain
11Mar2012
Note: large head and short tail.
© Audubon
Society
Sitta in Greek means a bird 
like a woodpecker mentioned 
by Aristotle et al.
© Cornell
Ornithology