We've had a Red-Breasted Nuthatch visiting feeders since Nov 11th in SW Columbus suburb. I'd read they can be quite tame but hadn't experienced that behavior until yesterday. I stepped out on the patio thinking there weren't any birds around, then heard that funny little "een ink meep" from the pergola vines just over my head. The RB nuthatch then went to the peanut feeder with me lingering about 8 feet away, which is closer than the chickadees let me get. Of course when I'm not outside the house sparrows are on the rampage and discourage other birds. What a mess. Susanna Heideman SW Columbus/Galloway, Franklin County OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]