Re: [Maine-birds] Where'd all my feeder birds go?

This observation and question was also raised on the Facebook group page MAINE Birds. There were nearly 600 responses with similar anecdotes from around the state. https://www.facebook.com/groups/MAINEBirds/

Robin R Robinson

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http://robinrobinsonmaine.com

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From: maine-birds@googlegroups.com <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Susan D <spdbh@gwi.net>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 12:04 PM
To: Maine birds
Subject: [Maine-birds] Where'd all my feeder birds go?

 

Has anyone heard of any bad seed going around or had a sudden drop off of feeder interest? Just wondering if I might have gotten a bag of bad seed or something--I had a very sudden and noticeable drop-off of all my regular platform and suet feeder birds about a month ago.  I had built up a large population over 5-6 years of regulars from Mourning Doves, to Blue Jays, Chickadees, Goldfinches, sparrows, nuthatches, plus the seasonal episodic visits from Indigo Buntings RB Grosbeaks, lots of types of woodpeckers, etc .  I use several feed varieties so there are always sunflower whole seeds and chips, millet, peanuts, finch-type thistle things out.   I'm beginning to get occasional visitors back now but very low numbers.  They all seemed to drop off during that very long, hot, dry spell in the late summer and early September.  I'm worried. I'm thinking of throwing out all my seed and starting over.

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