Re:[cayugabirds-l] Red Breasted Nuthatches

We usually have had a pair of RB Nuthatches around for most of the year, but not for the last few months. Two days ago, one showed up as part of the "irruption." Looking back at my collection of emails (to the list and to ebird,) I see that I actually recorded one banded bird in 2004 that

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Red Breasted Nuthatches

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Red Breasted Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatches are periodically irruptive species out of the boreal forest. They tend to go south months before other irruptives, usually first showing up in August. It looks like this is going to be an irruption year. From: bounce-120802766-3493...@list.cornell.edu