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According to Ernest A. Choate’s book “American Bird Names” (Combit Books, copywrite 1973, Library of Congress 78-144340) the hatch in Nuthatch comes from “Hack,” which the bird does to a nut to open it.
This book is out of print, but our friends at Drury Lane Books in Grand Marais did a computer search and found a used copy for me. I have no computer so I can’t get a hold of “Bill from Lutsen.” Could you pass this on to him?
Steve Steinhagen,
Lutsen
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