North of Columbus, off Dublin Rd and S of the Hayden Run Bridge, I have
been hearing red-breasted nuthatch sporadically since last month.  For the
past three days I have heard them regularly.  However, I never call rbnu's
on voice alone the first time of the season - just too much overlap with
some wbnu's.  But today I had a definite sighting and the voice is reset in
my mind, so I am confident in saying they have been here since Oct 10 and
possibly earlier in mid-September.

Sandy

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Sandra L. L. Gaunt                       Home: phone 614-876-5829
Borror Lab of Bioacoustics,                     cell 614-581-1925
    Curator retired                                      4795 Hayden Blvd
Museum of Biological Diversity                  Columbus OH
43221
The Ohio State University
1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus 43212-1192

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