Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 18:15:12 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tyler Bell Subject: Red-breasted Nuthatch! St. Mary's County, 8/23 Comments: cc: md-smas@yahoogroups.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was just out in the yard at 6pm putting out a gallon of water over our drip bath when I heard a strange buzzing sound nearby. I assumed it was one of the hummers waiting for me to vacate the area so they could go back to the feeder about 10 feet away. When I looked up, there was a male Red-breasted Nuthatch on a pine branch about 3 feet from me! It tried to land on the sunflower feeder twice then went up into the oak over my head. I left hoping it would find the suet but I haven't seen it since. I wonder if this might be the start of an invasion of RBNUs? I hope so! Good Birding! Tyler Bell bell@acnatsci.org California, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================