Subject: [Tweeters] Missing species
Date: Aug 29 15:40:45 2014
From: Jeffrey Baker - jeffrey158 at earthlink.net



For the first time since moving into my current home in 2002, I had Juncos breed and spend the entire Summer months in my yard. There were many immature ones which points to local breeding. I have no feeders due to neighborhood cats and the illnesses that feeders can pass on. Just a wide variety of natives on a regular city lot. Go figure?

Jeff Baker
West Seattle

-----Original Message-----
>From: drsybert at northtown.org
>Sent: Aug 29, 2014 2:41 PM
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: [Tweeters] Missing species
>
>Here in the middle of Lewis County (Salkum/Cinebar area), several of us
>who have bird feeders have missed some species in the past several
>weeks--species that are usually here year round, such as Song Sparrows,
>Juncos, and Spotted Towhees. And the hummingbirds have been few and far
>between.
>
>We are wondering if others in the area have had the same experience and
>if anyone has any idea why.
>
>(In addition, some species that usually stay much longer left early--at
>about the same time the others disappeared--namely Purple Finch and
>Black-headed Grosbeak. Since the Evening Grosbeak and Varied Thrush did
>not even show up this summer, that leaves our feeders to the now-nesting
>Goldfinch, Jays, and Doves mostly.)
>
>Darlene Sybert
>Cinebar
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