From Kerwin Hill in Norwich: birds have been few and far between since mid to late September. Have only filled feeders once since then, rather than at least weekly as in previous years.
BIrding expert on VPR last month suggested current reported decline in bird activity is just variation of normal. Sure seems more extreme than that to this beginner birder.
Just last week chickadees and titmice have returned to the sunflower feeders and downy woodpeckers to the suet. Lots of juncos in the yard last week.
I filled my feeders in early September and I will finally refill them later this week.
There's lots and lots of food in the woods: seeds, nuts, berries, and so forth. In forty plus years in the UV I had never gone from early September to mid-November without having refill the feeders.
On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Donna Nelson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Thanks for your update,Bill. I am glad to know that I am not the only one noticing the decline of our usual feathered friends. Finally, in the last day or so, we have had a few returnees to the feeders, but the birds have been missing from the woods around
our house for weeks. Even though our yard is full of wild grapes and other wild foods the birds have not been after them. The decline began here in mid-September, before the big storm.
It will be interesting to see if others are seeing similar situation.
Donna
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So…. I, in the last 6 weeks, have filled my tube bird feeder twice, and its half full as I write. (though I am saving $ on birdseed)
My suet (homemade) seems to get eaten every few days. 2 cups of ground feed/ day.
1 Am. Tree Sparrow so far, 1 White-thr. Sparrow (yest). Couple of Chickadees, handful of TuTi’s. DoWo.
So wut’s up ????
My guess: something to do with the warm October….and all oiseaux skipped over VT en route to CT or MD ??
Quietly waiting for my pals to show up.
BiSh
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