i'm in sammamish, and if anything i'm seeing more of almost everyone. in
the last half-hour, i've had steller's jays, downy, hairy, and flicker to
the suet, and everyone that is normal (both chickadees, red-breasted
nuthatch, house finch, juncoes, siskins, and the occasional goldfinch) on
the sunflower seed. yesterday, there was also a spotted towhee on the seed
feeder for only the second or third time (i'm on the 2nd floor, so that's a
bit odd, though they do feed frequently below), and a few varied thrush
(first-time sightings this year) flying by... the numbers of the regulars
has, if anything, increased, especially with the chestnut-backs and the
red-breasted nuthatches...

the only regular from last year missing so far this year is a purple finch.

00 caren
http://www.parkgallery.org
george davis creek, north fork



-----Original Message-----
From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of William
Andersen
Sent: Wednesday, 2007 December 05 12:36
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Fewer birds?


Hi:

As a new backyard feeder, I have not yet experienced a full annual cycle,
but I do notice that in November my chickadees, finches, jays, etc. are much
less numerous and are consuming about 10% of what they consumed in August.
There has been no change in habitat, feeders, feeder location or feed
(mostly black sunflower seed). Somewhere I picked up the notion that birds'
normal sources of food may be scarce in the winter which would seem to
suggest there would be more consumption in winter months. Is what I'm
seeing a normal winter pattern? Weather related? Something I said?



Bill Andersen

ander at u.washington.edu

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