Yesterday (31 Aug), I was banding birds with Bob Thobaben at his farm in Clinton County. We had a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, which we could not have positively identified had we not had the bird in the hand for half an hour. We also caught a Tennessee Warbler and a Swainson's Thrush, both quite early. This morning (1 Sep), my wife noticed a Red-breasted Nuthatch (RBNU) at our feeders and I managed to get several good pictures of it. This is my earliest RBNU in southern Ohio by two weeks. According to Peterjohn, a sighting this early is characteristic of an invasion year. Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] http://rdp1710.wordpress.com Nulla dies sine linea ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]