[TN-Bird] Re: 12 weeks of red-breasted nuthatches
- From: Shawna Ellis <yodergoat@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rivendell@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:36:27 -0600
I just re-read my email and noticed that I write "nutchatches," with a
C in there. Don't know what's up with that. Weird that I did it so
consistently. I wrote the word four times and three of those four I
put in that extra letter. Must be some sort of brain-to-hand thing.
Nuthatches... not nutchatches!
Sorry!
Shawna Ellis
Paris, Henry County TN
On 1/19/13, Shawna Ellis <yodergoat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This winter we have had Red-breasted Nutchatches at our feeders on a
> daily basis. This is the first time we've even SEEN Red-breasted
> Nuthatches nearby in more than 10 years, perhaps more like 15! There
> seem to be at least three of them (athough one day I think we saw
> four), and there are at least two that come with great regularity.
>
> They arrived in the yard in early November but stayed in the beech
> trees and did not come to the feeders until about the third week of
> November. Since they started coming to the feeders, they haven't
> stopped and they come many times each day... they're among the most
> consistent and regular visitors. We feed black oil sunflower seeds,
> homemade suet cakes and dried mealworms. They are big on the the seeds
> and love the suet when its cold. They're very approachable and tame
> when one is filling the feeders or standing by the feeder tree (one
> even ate seeds from my husband's hand). They also spend a great deal
> of time hopping around on the front porch near where we feed, looking
> for beech nuts or stray sunflower seeds. I like their plucky demeanor.
> They are just delightful birds to have in the yard and we sure wish
> they'd stick around to breed here. It would be sad to see them go.
>
> One odd thing is that we usually have many more White-breasted
> Nutchatches than we have had this year, but this winter we seem to
> only have two.
>
> As far as unusual species this winter, besides the Red-breasted
> Nutchatches we've also had Pine Siskins at the feeder (in varying
> small numbers) and we did have that one day of Evening Grosbeaks (a
> pair seen on November 16). There also seem to be far more Cedar
> Waxwings in the yard than usual, both in number and consistency of
> appearances.
>
> Shawna Ellis
> Paris, Henry County TN
>
> On 1/19/13, Jud Johnston <rivendell@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Ed and TN-birders,
>>
>> In the winter of 1992-93, while living in Winfield, AL, I had a group of
>> about six red-breasted nuthatches stay virtually all winter. At that
>> time,
>> I was just on the verge of becoming a "birder", and didn't realize I was
>> seeing more red-breasted nuthatches every day than I woould see for the
>> next
>> 20 years. In December 1992, I moved from Guin to Winfield, and had also
>> had
>> a red-breasted nuthatch at my feeders in Guin. (7 miles away)
>>
>> Jud Johnston
>> Waynesboro
>
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