Had at least three red-breasted nuthatches at my feeders this morning, new yard birds for me. Also, *may* have had a black-capped chickadee. I'm not good at distinguishing black-capped from Carolina, but there was one that seemed significantly larger, with a different-feeling GISS, than the "regulars" at my feeders this morning. I'm not sure enough to add it to my yard list, but I do believe that "more likely than not" (as opposed to "beyond a reasonable doubt") it was a black-capped. I did read the post about anticipated irruptions of northern species, but don't recall if anything was mentioned about black-capped chickadees. Has anyone else noticed any southward movement of them? The white-breasted nuthatches that nested in my neighborhood have been coming somewhat irregularly to the feeders, and the tufted titmice that had disappeared for a couple of years after the terrible ice storm we had about three years ago took out so many of the mature trees in my neighborhood, are back in good numbers. Add a multitude of American goldfinches, a few house finches, a couple of mourning doves, a LOT of northern cardinals, and you'd think it was the dead of winter at my feeders. Thank goodness, the starlings and grackles seem to have gone, and the house sparrows haven't been too bad yet. I haven't been free to do much birding since late June, including today, so I very much enjoy the vicarious experience of the postings. Thanks to everyone. Margaret Bowman Licking Co., OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]