We have lots of Song Sparrows, as many as I have ever seen. But I wonder about avian flu. Has anyone heard about it affecting small passerines?


> On Oct 28, 2024, at 5:56 PM, HAL MICHAEL <ucd880 at comcast.net> wrote:

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> About mid-year both species seemed to have vanished. A very few are showing up now. Both species. Don't think in banded any YOY. Actually, I think juncos and Steller's Jays are all I have seen YOY's. Not even Song Sparrow and we had lots around in previous years.

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>> On 10/28/2024 5:36 PM PDT Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

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>> Hello tweets,

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>> Two of us, living several miles apart in Seattle, have noticed a substantial decline in Chestnut-backed Chickadees in our yards from their abundance this summer. Black-capped are still in the same numbers. Has anyone else seen this?

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