We have observed a pair of red-breasted nuthatches visiting our mixed nut/seed feeder since Oct. 23, 2007. This is a commercial bag of mixed seed/nuts. We also provide homemade peanut butter suet cakes with black oil sunflower mixed in. They seem to avoid the suet but love the commerical mix. At first they would feed as a pair; now, the male and the female feed separately. They never fly off in the same direction--sometimes north, sometimes south, sometimes west, sometimes east; and they are impossible to follow. It's interesting to watch such a small bird fly off with half a peanut in its beak--it's got to ruin its aerodynamics. This means that these two have been with us for 6 months and 10 days (if they are the same pair). Ed and Bev Neubauer Englewood, Ohio **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]