I had a very similar winter at my feeders in Orford. I put out my feeders at Thanksgiving, and after this storm, will likely stop feeding soon. I only had nine regular species, Black-capped Chickadees, Blue Jays, both nuthatches, Tufted Titmice, Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, Mourning Doves and nine American Tree Sparrows. At times one or two Dark-eyed Juncoes and one or two American Goldfinches would feed. A Wild Turkey occasionally could be seen under the feeders. A few weeks ago Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles showed up. That is it. No Purple Finches, no Pine Siskins, no Common Redpolls. No Evening Grosbeaks (for years now). The level in my thistle feeder never changed since I put it up. I did go through quite a bit of black-oil sunflower and my third feeder with a mix of sunflower, cracked corn and millet was emptied regularly. This was owing mostly to Blue Jays, which at times numbered over twenty. A smaller group of Mourning Doves and the American Tree Sparrows kept the ground below the feeders clean. I also kept two suet feeders going. Gray Squirrels outnumbered Red Squirrels for the first time. Kind of a boring and light year as well.   Jeff

On Saturday, April 1, 2017, 'Blake Allison' via NHBirds <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Sitting tonight in the kitchen filling out the on-line form for my 20th week of the 2016-2017 Project FeederWatch season, I was struck by how light feeder activity has been this year. Through the vernal equinox, I tallied only 15 species. Seed consumption was much lower too.

Anecdotally, I have heard from birding colleagues and my purveyors that it has been a light feeding season.

What feeder experiences have other observers had?

Blake Allison

Lyme, NH 03768-3322

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