There may be fewer bluebirds around because many of them did not survive
the winter due to the cold. Apparently, some of the monitored bluebird
boxes in the area were found to have huddles of perished bluebirds in them,
and hearsay made it sound like this was a report that was not unique to one
area of Richmond...very very sad.
Allison
On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:02 PM, Kristina McCullough <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Now I feel guilty, they must all be in Powhatan. We've actually had our
usual compliment plus some. Fox sparrows this winter, a persistant WEVI
and it sounds like nesting Summer Tanagers and more thrushes than usual.
We are a little light on bluebirds this year though and haven't heard any
quail yet. Can't tell if the Kingfishers are nesting though we've heard
them a couple times. Is anyone else seeing fewer nesting bluebirds?
Kristi
*Kristina McCullough*
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From: Jim Blowers <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: kunsthure <kunsthure@xxxxxxxxx>; 'Richmond Birders' <
va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, May 21, 2015 5:55 pm
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Where is everybody, spring edition
I agree. I haven’t seen that many either; that is, until throngs of
grackles and starlings started coming in. The winter birds are gone. The
exception to this is hummingbirds; in late April, we saw a hummingbird five
times; in the past we saw a hummingbird only once in April at our current
address.
Jim Blowers
*From:* va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [
mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?>] *On Behalf Of *Lisa Mease
*Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 19:07
*To:* Richmond Birders
*Subject:* [va-richmond-general] Where is everybody, spring edition
Hello, all,
Is it just me or are there fewer birds around this year? And the ones
that are here showed up later? I have not had a single migrant warbler in
my yard so far and Glen Allen HS is pretty much dead except for towhees
(I'm there 2x day walking my dog). There were huge mixed flocks of black
birds foraging every morning last spring but I've barely seen Starlings!
And the weirdest thing is that I have Grackles now. I've lived in my
neighborhood for 4 years and have *never* seen Grackles. \uD83D\uDE15
-Lisa
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