[va-richmond-general] Re: Slow Birding
- From: Mary Arginteanu <mary.arginteanu@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:36:16 -0400
I've been giving out the "probably it's the canker worms" I have observed
the same thing and seen had several inquiries. I sent the question Art
Evans to discuss on his show.
The canker worms are declining; i haven't yet seen any "uptick" in birds at
our feeders
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Barnett, Lewis <lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I speculated to someone who asked this question through the web site that
> the big crop of cankerworms might be behind this phenomenon. I too have
> seen very few birds at my feeders over the past couple of weeks, but I
> attributed it to the abundant sources of natural food. I hear plenty,
> though, and turned up twenty-six species in the yard on Sunday. This
> doesn't exactly explain why the seed-eating birds aren't coming to feeders,
> but with the warm March we had, I suppose there are plenty of natural seeds
> around at the moment, too.
>
> Lewis Barnett
> lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On Apr 16, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Jim Blowers wrote:
>
> > The number of birds have gone down considerably in the past month at our
> feeder. The white-throated sparrows and juncos have left. There are
> occasionally a lot of robins, but as of recently I see only about 1 or 2 a
> day. The number of titmouses, chickadees, song sparrows, cardinals, and
> woodpeckers has gone down considerably. We have put out a hummingbird
> feeder, but haven’t seen any yet. Last year, they didn’t come until July
> 23. We have seen occasional brown thrashers but not in any great number. We
> have yet to see any catbirds.
> >
> > I guess the early spring has put a void in the rest of the spring, as
> far as birds are concerned.
> >
> > Jim Blowers
>
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