[TN-Bird] Re: Five Months of Red-breasted Nuthatches
- From: Rick Phillips <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: viclcsw@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:29:04 -0400
Ed,
I remember one year when we had an Evening Grosbeak invasion. The grosbeaks
were still hanging around until sometime in May, so the nuthatches may be
around for some time yet.
Rick Phillips
Kingsport
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 8:45 PM, <viclcsw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Great image. I've also had red-breasted nuthatches steadily (I've seen at
> least three at once), along with white-breasted. I actually have more
> red-breasted visits than white-breasted coming to the feeders for black oil
> sunflower seeds and home made peanut butter suet cakes. Also visiting the
> suet cakes are E. bluebirds, cardinals, red-bellies, tufted titmice,
> Carolina wrens, blue jays and yellow-rumped warblers.
>
> A pair of blue jays began nest building yesterday in the high winds and
> snow about 12 ft up in a spruce. The male (I assume) was seen breaking off
> live twigs and pulling leaves still on branches and taking them to the nest
> where his mate was arranging them. .
>
> Vickie Henderson
> Knoxville
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Schneider <ed.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tn bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tue, Mar 26, 2013 4:08 pm
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Five Months of Red-breasted Nuthatches
>
> Tomorrow will mark five months straight (at least one sighting per day)
> having Red-breasted Nuthatches at our black oil sunflower tube feeder; for
> some reason they've avoided our suet cakes. I know this is a major
> irruption year for the species, but this is getting ridiculous! The only
> reason I can find that they've stayed so close is the high number of
> cavities in the locust trees in our backyard and adjacent yards.
>
> Attaching a shot from 1/24/13.... the first bird arrived on 10/27/12.
>
> How much longer might they stick around????
>
> Ed Schneider
> Nashville
>
>
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Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee
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