I think it is extremely reassuring that, when the wild foods are ample, the feeder-aware birds still prefer to use them. Superior nutrition and nutritional diversity, I am sure.
Anne B Clark 147 Hile School Rd Freeville, NY 13068 607-222-0905 anneb.cl...@gmail.com > On Oct 25, 2017, at 11:54 AM, Marc Devokaitis <mdevokai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Re-opening this thread--I thought I'd share with the list a comment from > Donald Leopold, Chair of the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology > at SUNY-ESF (I was asking him about something else, but this came up.) > > "Not only are conifers producing an extraordinary abundance of cones but I > have never seen such an abundance of walnuts, hickories, oak acorns, sugar > maple and white ash samaras, and other tree fruits and seeds. Interestingly, > I’ve seen this above average production across the Northeast." > > > > Hopefully this goes a long way to explaining the increase in decreases this > year. > > > > Marc Devokaitis > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:46 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: 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/ --
