Bob Marion wrote:

> What happened to all the nuthatches this year? - last year we
>had bunches of them, but not a one of the this year on the Middle Fork of
>the Snoqualmie.

I can't answer this other than to say that Red-breasted Nuthatches are
among the bird species that may exhibit a 2-year cycle, common one year,
much less so the next. Cause obscure.

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