Yes, Pygmy Nuthatches are common in this area. They are readily found in pine forests from the shrub-steppe fringe to about 3700 feet when ponderosa pine starts to peter out.

Jeff Kozma
Yakima
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From: wheelermombi at comcast.net
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 10:51 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Monthly Umtanum Rd. question: Pygmy Nuthatch?


Hi Tweeters,

While birding along Umtanum Road yesterday with my son Deyland, we spotted three small, newly fledged birds fluttering around on some rock scree. The scree was located maybe a quarter of a mile before bluebird box #5 on the left side of the road if one is driving away from Ellensberg. Ponderosa pine dominated the vegetation in this spot. The birds were joined by an adult on and off, who often fed them. They looked exactly liked Pygmy Nuthatches to us. They were definitely not White-breasted or Red-breasted Nuthatches. Are Pygmy Nuthatches sometime seen in this area?

Lonnie Somer
Olympia, WA
wheelermombi at comcast.net


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