[va-richmond-general] Re: Slow Birding
- From: "Elliott Krash" <ell.krash@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mary.arginteanu@xxxxxxxxx>, <lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:44:28 -0400
Here in Eastern Goochland - Tuckahoe Creek and River Road - we noticed the
same patterns and had the same speculations as to causes. We've really kept
tabs on water dishes and feeders and this week activity is up. Who knows
whether we get the credit - or Mother Nature!??. While watering the plants
just now, observed a pair of bluebirds drinking and splashing around in the
bird bath!
Elliott
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Arginteanu
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 10:36 PM
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Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Slow Birding
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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