I notice the same thing at my apartment at North Woods. I filled my seed feeder up a few weeks ago and have had very few visitors. Usually, it is empty in a few days. But the Downy Woodpeckers are still coming to my suet feeders, but not as frequently. I have not seen a squirrel in a long time.
Cathy Cooke On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Same here on Lansing Station Rd. > Few feeder birds, last few weeks, & no squirrels, when I usually have 10. > I thought this might be due to birds & SQs finding seeds & nuts from fall > harvest in plants/trees nearby. > > However, this morning I heard a "dawn chorus" in woods across street. > Mostly Blue Jays I think. > Many come to my seeds on ground. > > Donna Scott > Lansing > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 18, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Barbara B. Eden <b...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > For the past 2 months the resident birds that I daily feed have dropped in > population This is the first time this has happened and even those pesky > squirrels have left I live in Cayuga Heights and my backyard is a bird > friendly habitat > Any thoughts would be appreciated > Thanks > Barbara Eden > > Sent using OWA for iPhone > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --