> our house used to be the place the neighborhood birds all visited... it's > been dead around here for weeks. Mom worried that it was bad seed or the > feeders needed cleaning... changed and cleaned them and still nothing - > even the English sparrows and pigeons (of which we usually have dozens of > both species visiting) aren't even coming. The resident red shouldered > hawks have been around but not so much so as to warrant this daily silence > and for so long (and of course I know they will go where prey is). > > Just yesterday, we finally had a downy woodpecker and a nuthatch and a few > English sparrows ... but the trees seem void of bird life. And the almost > two dozen squirrels seem to have gone elsewhere too. > > Donna Lorello > Branford > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tammy Eustis" <teustis@killingworthlibrary.org> > To: <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 7:55 PM > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Where Have They Gone? > > >> We've noticed an extraordinary lull here in Chester as well - and people >> in Killingworth are talking about the same thing. Possibly a combination >> of more "natural" seed being available, migrants flying the coop, others >> quietly feeding (anyone still moulting at this time?)... But it does seem >> quieter this fall than in past years. I guess it's comforting to know >> that others are experiencing the same thing. >> - Tammy Eustis, Chester >> -----Original Message----- >> From: sandy [mailto:sandyducky@comcast.net] >> Sent: Friday, October 9, 2009 05:40 PM >> To: 'CTBirds' >> Subject: [CT Birds] Where Have They Gone? >> >> We have never seen such a lull in feeder activity in our backyard as >> there has been these last 2 weeks. Not even a blue jay or morning dove! >> Certainly all the summer migrants have left but where are the residents? >> Our sunflower feeder has hardly been touched. We are beginning to worry >> that there has been a mass poisoning. Sandy Scott >> _______________________________________________ This list is provided by >> the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of >> birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) >> for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. >> For subscription information visit >> http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.9/2426 - Release Date: 10/09/09 > 18:43:00 >