Most be a red-letter, Red-breasted Nuthatch day (and month). See the email from Irvin Pitts from South Carolina. Another email today on the Georgia listserve has a Red-breast in Powder Springs, GA (Cobb Co.), and I have seen two this month, including one today, on my "mountain" (i.e., hill) property in Williamson County. I would bet they will be as south as the panhandle in Florida (if you are going south look for them at Tall Timbers Research Station, FL just over the border from GA). Kevin Breault Brentwood, TN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irvin Pitts" <ipitts@xxxxxxxxx> To: <carolinabirds@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:00 AM Subject: another red-breasted nuthatch Good morning, I've noticed the number of reports this fall of red-breasted nuthatch and I too observed one yesterday (September 19) on Dearborn Island near Great Falls Chester County SC. In the mountains around Caesars Head SC I found this species to be a regular fall migrant - occurring from mid-September through October (personal early arrival date being September 7, 1988). It seems though based on this year's reports, this species is occurring in higher than usual numbers in the midlands and lower parts of the state. Irvin Pitts Resource Management Chief SC State Park Service Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism 1205 Pendleton Street Columbia, SC 29201 Phone: (803) 734-0153 ipitts@xxxxxxxxx Shaping & Sharing a Better South Carolina =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________