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Already this year there's been a bumper crop of winter finches in the
southeastern U.S.; along with these have come good numbers of
Red-breasted Nuthatches that are seldom-seen locally. In fact, we've
recently banded all three eastern nuthatches at Hilton Pond Center,
providing a nice opportunity to compare these short-tailed little bark
clingers.
For an up-close view of nuthatch similarities and differences, please
visit the "This Week at Hilton Pond" photo essay for 15-21 November
2007 at
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek071115.html
As always we include lists of birds banded and recaptured, plus some
miscellaneous nature notes and a mug shot of a Fox Sparrow.