Yes. We had a siege of house sparrows this year - one day I recorded over 20 of them. They gobbled down our food. Starlings helped with that too. Now all at once I don't see hardly any of these two birds, and our use of bird food is also way down. Jim Blowers From: va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Erv Mueller Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 10:50 To: Richmond Birders Subject: [va-richmond-general] Ruby Throats Feeder volume down between 1/2 and 2/3 within the last week. Others notice the same level of reduction ??