It really is an odd summer! We also are missing "our" peewee, who has been
here reliably for the 14 years I have lived in this house. Missing him!
There are at least 2 pair of great crested flycatchers and on Friday an
Indigo bunting showed up and is still around singing his head off from the
tops
There are plenty of birds around my place, and West Danby generally. In this
area I have all the expected breeding birds, and even some fun additions, like
Marsh Wrens, Pied-billed Grebes and Northern Harriers. If you’d asked me a
couple days ago about what’s missing, I might have said Cerulean
We seem to have a lot of birds on the lower 10 ton15 acres. The odd thing to us
is indigo Buntings, Rose-breasted grosbeaks, and Baltimore Orioles all frequent
our feeders. At the same time, our usual 5 or 6 red-breasted Nuthatches seem to
be down to 1 or 2. Many birds live around here including
Thanks for your astute analysis John. It is sad to be an observer of all
this as I only learned so much of what I didn't know about the birds around
us in 1990 and since then have watched what I consider to be a precipitous
decline, especially in more marginal habitats. Those on the frontlines as
Hi!
Over 30years of banding, migration and population study here and we
experienced and ever increasing paucity of birds. About 15 years ago I
wrote a report citing these losses. While many can be linked to loss of
habitat mainly due to factory farming, that didn't account for the lack
of song. W
I have noticed, as have others, that the woods have not been as
plentiful with bird song as normal. On my recent walks at Upper
Buttermilk I have been very disappointed in the total absence of Wood
Thrush, Veery, and Scarlet Tanager. By this time in past years I've
always have several of thes
