Usually one or two are reported yearly. We get more when seed crops in Canada are not up to par. On Feb 5, 2016 10:19 AM, "Ken Thompson" < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Looked out my home computer-room window couple days ago and saw a > red-breasted nuthatch hopping around in an arbor vitae. In the area that > we left (St Louis MO) that would've been fodder for the Rare Bird Alert. > How rare or common are they in NE Ohio? Also seeing white-breasted > nuthatch, chickadee, titmouse, robins, red-bellied woodpecker .... Also > in the St Louis area, downy woodpeckers were plentiful -- haven't heard or > seen any here yet. ?? > Ken Thompson > Silver Lake, [log in to unmask] > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]