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Birding Reports => Southern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: Napper on November 02, 2007, 03:42:16 PM

Title: Nuthatches??
Post by: Napper on November 02, 2007, 03:42:16 PM

Hey..

I've got both Red and white Nutties at my feeder still!!

The Bleu (sic) Jays are still  around..

While I am typing a red Nuttie just landed on the deck by the door ??

I was reading on Rec.birds that there is an eruption of Red Nuthatches this year into the Northern States...

I didn't have any here last year...

They seem to be almost tame, flying withing a few feet of me while standing on the deck. The White Nuthatch

that is hanging around landed on the feeder while I was putting seed into it.. last week..

(black oil seeds only in feeder)

Napper:))

Spotted a Coopers hawk yesterday flying over the house into the Neighbourhood...


 I forgot to mention the Downy Woodpecker at the feeder
 :D

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Post by: backyard birdin on November 05, 2007, 01:20:08 PM

I've had a good amount of nuthatches this fall.  They will eat from your hand just like a chickadee.

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Post by: Wringer on November 06, 2007, 11:40:59 AM

We had a Red Breasted Nuthatch around the feeders on the weekend. This is the first time I have seen them in Grimsby. Last fall, winter, and spring we only had occasional visits from the White Breasted Nuthatches.

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Post by: Dr. John on November 08, 2007, 09:49:37 PM

We have had both a red breasted and a white breasted at our downtown Toronto feeder, although the white breasted comes far more regularly.

-John