Thanks for that Wayne. I kind of woke up to that fact as the day wore on,
last Monday. I've been listening to other talk about extirpation and
possible reintroduction in Puget Sound country for so long that I started
thinking they'd been lost throughout western Washington. I need to go
birding at Ridgefield to solidify the place and its birds in my mind. I've
never been there.

Kelly McAllister
Olympia, Washington

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne C. Weber" <contopus at telus.net>
To: "Kelly McAllister" <mcallisters4 at comcast.net>
Cc: "TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>; <scottbmurray at msn.com>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Census Count: Ridgefield NWR River S Unit, Clark
County,Washington on May 06, 2007


> 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
>
>
>> This report was mailed for Scott Murray by http://birdnotes.net
>>
>>
>>
>> Date: May 6, 2007
>>
>> Location: Ridgefield NWR River S Unit, Clark County, Washington
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
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