[va-bird] Re: 21 species in 15 minutes - Rebounding Chickadees and Titmice?

Maybe the bumper crop of Cicadas is also at least partially responsible? 
Regardless the more the merrier.

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Jeff Clark
Fairfax City, VA

SteveYoung@xxxxxxx wrote:

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>Jeff's post reminds me... Over the last several years here in Arlington VA  I 
>noticed what seemed an extraordinary crash in numbers of our regular Carolina 
> Chickadee and Tufted Titmouse. Like others, I speculated that West Nile 
>Virus  was to blame. This year I have noted what seems like a significant 
>recovery 
>in  their numbers, especially in late summer and now into the fall. This 
>suggests  good breeding success or more filtering into the area from 
>elsewhere, or 
>both.  I'm encouraged. For about three years it was sad rarely to hear the  
>familiar notes of both birds that had been so common; now once again I am  
>hearing and seeing my old friends much more often. Cheers,
> 
>    Steve Young    
>    Arlington, VA
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>In a message dated 10/23/04 1:24:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
>jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes in part:
>Tufted  Titmouse - at least 6 of these, the most I have seen at once in 
>the  yard
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