Subject: [Tweeters] why is there a lull in bird feeding in late summer?
Date: Sep 18 18:00:16 2009
From: Jeff Kozma - jcr_5105 at charter.net


Maybe because in late summer and fall, food is in abundance. May perennials and grasses are seeding vigorously, and insects are still abundant. Thus, birds don't have to forage as frequently at feeders because natural food is in abundance. Hence the term, autumn bounty.

Jeff Kozma

j c r underscore 5105 at charter dot net

Yakima
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Swan
To: tweeters
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 10:45 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] why is there a lull in bird feeding in late summer?


I was wondering if anyone experienced and knew why I usually experience a lull in feeder use in mid to late August through early September. I have had several others mention it to me recently.

While some of it is that the highly visible Black-headed Grosbeaks start leaving, the normal chickadees, nuthatches, juncos, towhees and Song Sparrows are still around and for the most part not feeding young any longer. I get an almost complete cessation of feeder use by all of these species. Then there's a frantic stocking up by the nuthatches and chickadees later on but now it's very dead.

Ed Swan
Vashon Island




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