I had one that came religiously to the feeder last year, all winter long. And,
despite adding a suet feeder recently, not a single red breasted nuthatch has
shown itself to me this winter (yet!). The white breasted are around once and
a while, but not as much as they were last winter either.
Renee Grebe
Alexandria, VA
Quoting Kestrel923@xxxxxxx:
I've seen one red-breasted nuthatch -- and that was last Sunday at a platformYou are subscribed to VA-BIRD. To post to this mailing list, simply send email
feeder. Although I live in Arlington, too, we were up on the mountain in
western Loudoun county at our place there. I was delighted to see a RBNU -
but figured perhaps they were more likely at this elevation (just under
1800')
Leni Friedman
Arlington/Bluemont
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Subj: [va-bird] Red-breasted Nuthatch in Arlington
Date: 1/12/2003 10:31:36 AM Eastern Standard Time
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Apologies for this belated post. During the snow last Sunday, January 5, at
about 3 PM I observed a Red-breasted Nuthatch at one of the feeders at Long
Branch Nature Center in Arlington. It was a brief, but good look. Since then
I've realized that may be more unusual than I thought at the time. Are they
turning up elsewhere in the area? Of course, we have the White-breasteds
around all the time. Cheers,
Steve Young
Arlington
