This seems to be a widespread phenomenon. There is just so much food in the woods right now, with huge crops of seeds and fruits that the birds don’t need our feeders. They’ll be back.
Kevin McGowan From: bounce-121960930-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-121960930-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of debby mcnaughton Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 1:08 PM To: Catherine Cooke <ccooke...@gmail.com> Cc: Barbara B. Eden <b...@cornell.edu>; Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are all my feeder birds I live in Canandaigua and the same thong here, very few birds compared to last year. The sunflower seeds have been hardly touched by the few chickadees, nuthatch and some gold finches. On Oct 18, 2017 1:05 PM, "Catherine Cooke" <ccooke...@gmail.com<mailto:ccooke...@gmail.com>> wrote: 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<mailto: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<mailto: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: 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/ --
