<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; word-spacing: 1px;">Hi all,</span><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; word-spacing: 1px;"><br></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; word-spacing: 1px;">In the last week and a half I have observed out-of-place nuthatches in several locations. Last week I lucked into both a Pygmy and White-breasted Nuthatch at my campsite in Snowgrass Flats, Lewis Co (where both species are very rare), and yesterday I photographed a Pygmy Nuthatch at my parents’ house in Granger. Oregon is experiencing an irruption on the west side currently, so keep an eye and ear open, especially on the west<span style="font-size: 1rem;">side. Pygmy Nuthatch would be a nice county first for a number of westside counties!</span></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;">I am curious why dispersal seems to be taking nuthatches further afield this fall, perhaps it could be tied to poor ponderosa pine seed yields? I am not sure, only speculating.</span></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; word-spacing: 1px;"><br></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; word-spacing: 1px;">Best,</div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; word-spacing: 1px;"><br></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; word-spacing: 1px;">Eric Heisey</div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div></body></html>