Subject: where did they go? Feeder fall-off
Date: Apr 16 12:30:14 2004
From: Lyle Melton - pchefman at melton.org


Thanks for all the great information. Sure make a lot of sense now. I'm fairly new so have lots to learn

Lyle

Lyle Melton
Consultant #262237
The Pampered Chef
pchefman at melton.org
206-364-4084
www.pamperedchef.biz/pchefman
> To Lyle and Tweeters:
>
> We too are experiencing a decline of feeder visitors, as we do each year > at
> this time. As Stewart said, the seasons are changing. Some of our regul> ar
> winterers (like juncos) have left for the north or to higher elevations; > our
> resident towhees, sparrows and chickadees are preoccupied with territorie> s.
> And so if bird volume goes down from winter, when it seems like the birds>
> empty the feeder quickly, there still might be some new visitors in the
> coming weeks. I remember we had a pair of Golden-crowned Sparrows in lat> e
> April a few years back, a species we've never seen here otherwise.
>
> Scott Atkinson
> Lake Stevens
> mail to: scottratkinson at hotmail.com
>
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