Hi Jason, Do you have feeders up - and - if so, did you notice a drop in numbers of birds at those feeders compared to previous years? When did the "drop" occur? Thanks for responding!
On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM Jason Frank <jmfran...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would note that last year, in the Ortonville area, as far as I observed, > numbers were what I'd call "normal." Even during the periods when they > hunted insects to feed nestlings, they'd still be seen around residential > areas with gardens. > > This year, I never saw a single mating dance or territorial dispute > between males, which have always been a regular sight in my yard. > > Jason Frank > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:23 PM Nancy Steinhauser <nancyhu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Alex, >> Did you have more in the Spring, did you notice? >> >> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:20 PM Knopick, Alex < >> alex.d.knop...@craig-hallum.com> wrote: >> >> > We see 1-2 almost every evening at our feeder between 6-8pm, including >> > tonight. >> > >> > Alex Knopick >> > a...@craighallum.com >> > >> > >> > >> > Alex Knopick - Partner >> > Managing Director - Investment Banking >> > Craig-Hallum Capital Group >> > M: 612-237-5281 >> > Work Text: 612-482-2583 >> > O: 612-334-6341 >> > a...@craighallum.com >> > >> > On Jul 19, 2024, at 7:56 PM, Nancy Steinhauser <nancyhu...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > Thank you all for replying. This is very troubling. >> > A lot of migrating hummingbirds got back here but what happened >> afterwards? >> > And the monarchs have been very few. Only a few caterpillars found on >> many >> > milkweed plants. >> > Nancy >> > Superior Highlands >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM Charlene Nelson <birdnir...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > We have very few butterflies, and we have an abundance of milkweed and >> > > other natives for them to enjoy. >> > > >> > > Charlene Nelson >> > > Grant County farm >> > > >> > > > On Jul 19, 2024, at 3:43 PM, Rebecca Field < >> rebeccafiel...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > > >> > > > I just saw a single Monarch in our hillside prairie where we have >> > planted >> > > > milkweed. Hope. >> > > > >> > > > Becky Field >> > > > Orono >> > > > >> > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 3:10 PM Tom Gilde < >> > > > 00002247eb7407f6-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: >> > > > >> > > >> One of the profound threats to Monarchs is the decline of their >> > > wintering >> > > >> forest. It's not just logging but also climate change. I'm planting >> > > >> milkweeds, anyway. >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> Tom Gilde >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> On Fri, 19 Jul, 2024 at 2:41 PM, Jeanne Baumann < >> > > jbaumann-...@outlook.com> >> > > >> wrote: >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> To: mou-net@lists.umn.edu >> > > >> >> > > >> I've seen one single monarch - just yesterday. And my yard is full >> of >> > > >> wild milkweed. >> > > >> >> > > >> On 7/19/2024 12:22 PM, Missy Bowen wrote: >> > > >>> No monarchs. Troubling. >> > > >>> >> > > >>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 12:17 PM Jeffrey Saffle< >> > > >> jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu<mailto:jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu>> >> > > >>> wrote: >> > > >>> >> > > >>>> We have a few hummers here in Lake Elmo but I’m much more struck >> by >> > a >> > > >>>> near-total absence of monarch butterflies. I successfully raised >> and >> > > >>>> released 16 monarchs in June/early July but since then I’ve only >> > found >> > > >> one >> > > >>>> caterpillar and seen one adult. I suspect the relentlessly rainy >> > > >> weather >> > > >>>> was hard on them. What are others’ thought? >> > > >>>> Jeffrey Saffle >> > > >>>> Sent from my iPhone >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>>> On Jul 19, 2024, at 11:27 AM, Jason Frank<jmfran...@gmail.com >> > > <mailto: >> > > >> jmfran...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> I'm in Ortonville, and haven't seen a single hummingbird all >> > summer >> > > >>>> long. I >> > > >>>>> only saw a few in the spring. >> > > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> There are no Japanese Beetles this far west yet, so no one >> around >> > > here >> > > >> is >> > > >>>>> spraying for them. Plenty of people are spraying for everything >> > else, >> > > >>>>> though. Ortonville is governed by the type of 20th Century >> idiocy >> > > that >> > > >>>>> employs a municipal mosquito spray truck which circles the town >> > once >> > > a >> > > >>>> week >> > > >>>>> to kill every flying insect in its path (can't have all dem >> golfers >> > > and >> > > >>>>> lakeshore dwellers gettin all itchy, don't ya know). There are >> > plenty >> > > >> of >> > > >>>>> flowers around town, and good nesting habitat in the parks and >> > > >> ravines. I >> > > >>>>> too am noticing low numbers of Barn and Tree Swallows... and I >> > > haven't >> > > >>>> seen >> > > >>>>> a Kestrel since April. At this point, it could be a whole >> > cumulative >> > > >>>> effect >> > > >>>>> of climate, over-spraying and insect population collapse, and >> bird >> > > flu, >> > > >>>>> which I'd imagine could spread to hummers if their feeders are >> in >> > > close >> > > >>>>> proximity to seed and suet feeders. All those storms and heavy >> rain >> > > >>>> during >> > > >>>>> nesting season probably didn't help, either. >> > > >>>>> >> > > >>>>> Jason Frank >> > > >>>>> >> > > >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM Nancy Steinhauser < >> > > >> nancyhu...@gmail.com<mailto:nancyhu...@gmail.com> >> > > >>>>>> wrote: >> > > >>>>>> >> > > >>>>>> Wondering if anyone else has seen the numbers go down this >> summer. >> > > >>>> From a >> > > >>>>>> great start (over 30 birds arrived at the feeders.....and who >> > knows >> > > >> the >> > > >>>>>> ones I didn't see) in mid-May, the numbers now have dwindled to >> > less >> > > >>>> than a >> > > >>>>>> dozen, and that's up from 3 or 4 because the little ones have >> > > fledged. >> > > >>>>>> Neighbors and co-workers (the north shore and inland above Two >> > > >> Harbors) >> > > >>>>>> have reported the same "drop" in birds. Bewildered. They >> started >> > > to >> > > >>>>>> disappear early to mid-June and have not returned. Wondering >> about >> > > >> bird >> > > >>>>>> flu. >> > > >>>>>> We have had a huge mosquito population this summer because of >> all >> > > the >> > > >>>>>> rain. But that hasn't dropped hummingbird numbers coming to >> > feeders >> > > >> in >> > > >>>>>> previous wet summers. >> > > >>>>>> Any ideas/experiences? The numbers here have been steadily >> going >> > up >> > > >> for >> > > >>>>>> over >> > > >>>>>> 25 years. Many feeders out. 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