We are in Hanover and also have noticed an absence of birds for the past two weeks or so. I thought it was because we changed the food we were using. We normally have a steady flow of at least sparrows, nuthatches, chickadees, juncos, and cardinals. We have seen no birds at our feeder, although I continue to note sparrows, crows, and doves in the neighborhood. On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 9:24 AM Lynette Carsten <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Our birds are gone! It is not just that they are not coming to the > feeders. There are almost no birds in the yard at all and we have a lot of > the kind of landscaping that provides food and shelter. We have had a > good amount of birds here for the past 30 years at this time of the year. > We feed sunflower chips in our hanging feeders and the feeders usually have > a constant stream of birds all year long. Neither of us can remember > another time when the majority of the birds have just disappeared. We > always have goldfinches, chickadees, jays, sparrows, doves, cardinals and > woodpeckers as well as the more transient birds that come and go > seasonally. The yard is noticeably quiet. I saw a pair of finches this > morning. We usually have 40 or 50. This started at least 10 days to two > weeks ago - maybe a bit longer. We have had about a dozen grey squirrels > for the past year or so. Suddenly we have just one. We were worried there > is something wrong with the seeds we are feeding but it seems much more > widespread a problem from the reports coming in all over the Upper Valley. > We were wondering if Jose spinning off the coast of Massachusetts might > have triggered some flight instinct that a storm was coming. > > Lynette C. in Springfield, Vt. > > > To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] > Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. > To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] > To unsubscribe: E-mail this command to [log in to unmask] > UNSUBSCRIBE UV-Birders > To change your e-mail address: E-mail this command from your old address > to: [log in to unmask] CHANGE UV-Birders [new e-mail > address] > > Web based archives and subscription management are available at: > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html > -- null To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe: E-mail this command to [log in to unmask] UNSUBSCRIBE UV-Birders To change your e-mail address: E-mail this command from your old address to: [log in to unmask] CHANGE UV-Birders [new e-mail address] Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html