Sometimes wishing does make it so (1 Viewer)

Larry, having a friend in an environmental company in Charleston, I was blessed to be quietly given a copy of all the nesting sites for the Red-cockaded in SE South Carolina. I plan on making a weekend out of searching them out come the spring.

Harry, your autumn has ended quickly and I am still waiting on mine. Wondering if that is what is holding up the arrival of my winter sparrows.

Hi KC,
Unlikely!I'm referring to the arrival of autumn vagrants in Ireland,and the general dearth of these of late(partly due to the winds not being ideal and partly due to the general lack of cloud at night of late).
I would guess that the delay in your sparrows may be due to unseasonally warm weather further north,or the birds having been diverted from their normal migratory routes,or some other factor.
Hope that you get your sparrows etc soon,and that a late blast of south-easterlies and perhaps winds from the Sahara bring us stuff like Desert and Pied Wheatears,Red-rumped Swallow,Dusky Warbler etc NEXT month!
Harry H

KC, I have a terrible confession to make. I only threw tuppence into the well!!!