Kelly,

I haven't yet seen a response by Scott Murray to your question
about the 3 White-breasted Nuthatches he reported yesterday at
Ridgefield NWR.

However, having birded this area several times myself, I can state
that White-breasted Nuthatch is much more likely to be seen
along the River S Loop than Red-breasted, at least in the
breeding season. I have seen them nearly every time I've
birded the area, and I'm sure they breed nearby.

This is one of the few locations in western Washington where
White-breasted Nuthatches are still a regular species. (They
seem to have pretty much disappeared from Pierce and Thurston
Counties.) However, the population around Ridgefield is probably
continuous with the widespread population in the Willamette Valley
of Oregon.

All the best,

Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
contopus at telus.net





----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly McAllister" <mcallisters4 at comcast.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>; <scottbmurray at msn.com>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 5:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Census Count: Ridgefield NWR River S Unit, Clark
County,Washington on May 06, 2007


Scott,

Did you mean to say Red-breasted Nuthatch rather than White-breasted?

Kelly McAllister
Olympia, Washington

----- Original Message -----
From: <scottbmurray at msn.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 11:39 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Census Count: Ridgefield NWR River S Unit, Clark
County,Washington on May 06, 2007


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