[va-richmond-general] Re: Slow Birding
- From: deannamail@xxxxxxx
- To: Richmond Birds <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:23:04 -0400
Thanks to all of you who answered. This is reassuring.
And Mary, thanks for asking Art to cover this topic on his show!
On Apr 16, 2012, at 9:25 PM, sail1sun@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Same here; I suspect the drought. I may try filling up the bird bath.
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> On 04/16/12, deannamail@xxxxxxx wrote:
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> Same here in the woods in Eastern Hanover. No chickadees or titmice coming
> to the sunflower seed feeder, only an occasional goldfinch. But they are
> here...I hear them in the trees. They must be eating something else. I
> don't remember a previous spring hiatus like this in the past 20 plus years.
>
>
> On Apr 16, 2012, at 3:51 PM, "Jim Blowers" <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
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>> I guess the early spring has put a void in the rest of the spring, as far as
>> birds are concerned.
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>>
>> Jim Blowers
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