On Feb 1, 2018, at 11:37 AM, Cecelia Blair <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Same experience here in Windsor, very little attention on feeders with black oil sunflower seed and suet. The juncos like it when I scatter the seed under the bushes but the squirrels do too.
My most reliable bird visitors have been a crow family whom I share scraps with protein and fat or small pieces of bread with fat on them. They tried to train me to feed them first thing in the morning but that isn’t good timing for me, so now we have left it that one or two will look for me through the windows, maybe swoop close by, and let me know they’re available for food disposal. They have a policy of wariness and good strategies but this family decided we are pretty trustworthy. On the coldest days this winter, they let me be much closer. The squirrels were the same. It was my impression that they were paring down any non-critical energy expenditures just to stay alive.
CeceliaI've spent quite a bit of time outside this winter along trails and lake shoreline... The cone and catkin litter along the trails and shoreline is amazing. I've never seen that before to the extent I'm seeing it this season. Under every Hemlock and birches, alders and other trees loaded with the remains of working birds. Also I have a black oil feeder up at my icefishing bobhouse which I visit weekly and the chickadees are emptying it. Buy not happening at home... So the birds look to be feeding on wild foods and making a good living at it.
From: Upper Valley Birders <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Michael Choukas Jr. <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 10:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [UVB] where have they gone?Hi Steve,
It's not your fault! Same situation at my feeders.
I don't know the reason, I thought about the intense cold as a possible reason for the inordinate activity, but suspect it has more to do with other factors. I'll let Chris, or Kent, or Pam weigh in on that.
I have a few juncos daily as opposed to the previous twenty to thirty, one white-throated sparrow, and my resident cardinals, chickadees, titmice, downy woodpecker, blue jays, mourning doves, white-breasted nuthatch, and two Carolina Wrens.
Mike
From: Upper Valley Birders <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Stephen T. Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 10:23:16 AM
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Subject: [UVB] where have they gone?Hello, birders,
I’m a new subscriber and would call myself a casual birder. I’m enjoying the list a lot.
A few weeks ago, during the cold snap, our feeders - sunflower, niger, suet - were extremely busy all day long. Then we went away for 10 days and the feeders emptied. Now we are back, and I have refilled the feeders. But now there are almost no birds using them. How come? It’s not quite as cold, but still. Are the birds mad at us for letting the feeders run dry?
Steve Campbell
East Thetford Road, Lyme
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