[va-richmond-general] Where is everyone?
- From: Lisa Mease <kunsthure@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Richmond Birders <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:31:47 -0500
Has anyone else had fewer than normal typical feeder birds? Last winter I
was up to my eyeballs in Chipping and Song Sparrows but in the 8 hours I
watched my feeders last Wednesday (when we had the ice storm) I had more
Orange-crowned Warblers than I had Cardinals, Song and Chipping Sparrows
*combined*. White-breasted Nuthatches are down in numbers, too. I have
seen a handful of female Purple Finches but not one male. And non-feeder
birds like kinglets and Hermit Thrushes seem pretty scarce as well.
Ironically, I've had a dramatic increase in Bluebirds and Pine Warblers.
There are Brown Creepers, Orange-crowned Warblers and Brown-headed
Nuthatches in my yard for the first time. I've even had a Red-breasted
Nuthatch drop by. And there's been a Pine Siskin or two.
-Lisa
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