A True Bird Mystery: Chapter 3 - Sit a Spell
Updated: Jan 26, 2023
Welcome to the third installment in our true bird mysteries, a true-crime-inspired series. Hints will be mixed throughout this article, so use your investigative skills to solve!
This is the third entry in the "A True Bird Mystery" series. This series will progress in difficulty, so if you like solving mysteries, riddles, and scavenger hunts...
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All chapters of "A True Bird Mystery:"
Sit a Spell
A Wandering Band of Thieves
A Surplus of Joy
A Red Herring
Where should you look for clues? Everywhere. Weird word choices, unusual phrases, consider contextual clues. Look for anything out of the ordinary in this article!
Remember, scroll slowly so you do not jump ahead and see the answer or spoilers!
I promise no prank, this rhyme is no yank
The heart of the tree
Soon you must flee
As light exposes all
From a horn do you call
Humble with head down
Big-nosed, sans clown
In hardwoods are you found
Your tail is quite round
Winter does not chase
Blank is your face
Tools do you use
The hammer be your muse
Though I found your cache
I would never raid your stash
Let us sit and chew the fat
But please, beware the cat
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I promise no prank, this rhyme is no yank (with clues emphasized)
The heart of the tree
Soon you must flee
As light exposes all
From a horn do you call
Humble with head down
Big-nosed, sans clown
In hardwoods are you found
Your tail is quite round
Winter does not chase
Blank is your face
Tools do you use
The chisel be your muse
Though I found your cache
I would never raid your stash
Let us sit and chew the fat
But please, beware the cat
What am I? Find out!
A summary of clues with HINTS!
Sit a spell - Sit a may refer to a different name for this bird.
Don't get worked up over this mystery. Keep your excitement levels down. - Unusual phrase with contrasting prepositions.
This rhyme is no yank - Why pick the word yank?
Heart of the tree - How do you get to the heart of the tree?
Horn call - A possible description of the sound the bird makes.
Head down - Maybe a behavior?
Big-nosed - Birds don't have noses, so...
Hardwoods - Habitat description?
Round tail - Not a pointed tail.
Tool use - Unique behavior to accomplish a task?
Chisel - This bird clearly would make chisels blush.
Cache - A bird that stores food?
Fat - Another word for fat that a bird might "chew."
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SPOILER: The answer is below!
The mystery solved, a White-breasted Nuthatch!
Learn about the basis for the clues
Sit a spell - The genus of the White-breasted Nuthatch is Sitta.
Up/Down - Nuthatches can work up AND down trees.
Yank - Some describe the call of the White-breasted Nuthatch as a yank.
Heart of the tree - Nuthatches live in natural tree cavities.
Horn call - Some describe nuthatch sounds as toy and silly horns.
Head down - Nuthatches frequently move down trees looking for food.
Big-nosed - The White-breasted Nuthatch has a large bill.
Hardwoods - White-breasted Nuthatch prefer deciduous forests to coniferous.
Round tail - Woodpeckers have pointed tails instead of round tails.
Tool use - Nuthatches will jam seeds into crevices, acting like a vice.
Chisel - After vicing the food, nuthatches will chisel it open.
Cache - Nuthatches are known to cache/store food.
Fat - Nuthatches LOVE suet.
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