Re: [MDOsprey] Red-breasted Nuthatch Also in SouthWest Virginia

Brian Monk (aj97@bellatlantic.net)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:46:32 +0000


I have a friend in Radford Virginia (Almost in Tennessee) whoi has recorded
breeding RBNU's on a small plot of Loblolly Pines (?) at an ammunitions plant in
Southwest Virginia!

Brian MOnk
Bel Air MD

Wiwr@aol.com wrote:

> While doing a BBS route in Allegany Co. Last week, i heard what seemed to be
> a distant RBNU at a stop adjacent to the west side of Warrior Mtn. WMA.
> After the the 3 minutes was up i put fingers to nose and literally "yanked"
> him in.  Not exactly where i would have expected a summer RBNU.
>
> The Autumn migration machine is going in Calv. & AA Co.s also.  Saw 2 Least
> Sandpipers at the mud flat in North Beach today (28th).  Forster's Terns are
> back in a big way on Jug Bay.  Started seeing them around the 18th and they
> are up to 34 today (probably a low count).  Normally, i don't see them back
> till after July 1.
>
> danny bystrak
> Jug Bay