[TN-Bird] A follow-up comment about nuthatches
- From: viclcsw@xxxxxxx
- To: yodergoat@xxxxxxxxx, rivendell@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:53:45 -0500 (EST)
I live in south Knox County in east Tennessee. I have also had red-breasted
nuthatches, at least three different individuals, but probably more, visiting
the feeders consistently since early fall. I take my feeders down at night due
to raccoons. The nuthatches return even when the feeders have not been present
for a few days due to my absence. They are bold and seem unconcerned about my
presence while standing near the feeders, so I can certainly concur with
Shawna's comments on their compelling personalities.
What I most wanted to comment on is the less frequent visits of the
white-breasted nuthatches. While they are present, they are fewer in number
and visits are much less frequent, fewer by 50-75% I would estimate, than in
past winters.
Vickie Henderson
South Knox County
Knoxville, TN
-----Original Message-----
From: Shawna Ellis <yodergoat@xxxxxxxxx>
To: rivendell <rivendell@xxxxxxx>
Cc: ed.schneider <ed.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxx>; tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, Jan 19, 2013 8:33 pm
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: 12 weeks of red-breasted nuthatches
This winter we have had Red-breasted Nutchatches at our feeders on a
aily basis. This is the first time we've even SEEN Red-breasted
uthatches nearby in more than 10 years, perhaps more like 15! There
eem to be at least three of them (athough one day I think we saw
our), and there are at least two that come with great regularity.
They arrived in the yard in early November but stayed in the beech
rees and did not come to the feeders until about the third week of
ovember. Since they started coming to the feeders, they haven't
topped and they come many times each day... they're among the most
onsistent and regular visitors. We feed black oil sunflower seeds,
omemade suet cakes and dried mealworms. They are big on the the seeds
nd love the suet when its cold. They're very approachable and tame
hen one is filling the feeders or standing by the feeder tree (one
ven ate seeds from my husband's hand). They also spend a great deal
f time hopping around on the front porch near where we feed, looking
or beech nuts or stray sunflower seeds. I like their plucky demeanor.
hey are just delightful birds to have in the yard and we sure wish
hey'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
utchatches than we have had this year, but this winter we seem to
nly have two.
As far as unusual species this winter, besides the Red-breasted
utchatches we've also had Pine Siskins at the feeder (in varying
mall numbers) and we did have that one day of Evening Grosbeaks (a
air seen on November 16). There also seem to be far more Cedar
axwings in the yard than usual, both in number and consistency of
ppearances.
Shawna Ellis
aris, 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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