I live in Seattle's Central District. We have A LOT of Black Capped
Chickadees right now and had more Chestnut Backed than usual over the
summer.
On Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 7:17 PM Doug Santoni via Tweeters <
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I have been very concerned over the past few weeks by the absence of both
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Chickadee species and Red-breasted Nuthatches at my backyard feeders. I'm
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in the Seattle area not far from the Arboretum. I've been happy to see lots
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of House Finches, Golden-crowned Sparrows, Song Sparrows, and an occasional
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Spotted Towhee. But I hope the chickadees and nuthatches will come back!
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Doug Santoni
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Seattle, WA
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Dougsantoni at gmail dot com
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> On Oct 28, 2024, at 6:02 PM, HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters <
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tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:
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> About midsummer all the small passerines seemed to essentially vanish
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from our yard. We have mixed conifer and deciduous so the two chickadees
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were other common, along with Songs Sparrow and dark-eyed Junco. We
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normally have quite a few Purple (especially) and House finches. All down.
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> Last year was fairly low, but not this bad.
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> Hal Michael
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>> On 10/28/2024 5:58 PM PDT Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
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wrote:
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>> We have lots of Song Sparrows, as many as I have ever seen. But I
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wonder about avian flu. Has anyone heard about it affecting small
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passerines?
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>>> 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
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showing up now. Both species. Don't think in banded any YOY. Actually, I
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think juncos and Steller's Jays are all I have seen YOY's. Not even Song
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Sparrow and we had lots around in previous years.
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>>> Hal Michael
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>>> Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/)
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>>> Olympia WA
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>>> 360-459-4005
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>>> 360-791-7702 (C)
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>>> ucd880 at comcast.net
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>>>> On 10/28/2024 5:36 PM PDT Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <
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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
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substantial decline in Chestnut-backed Chickadees in our yards from their
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abundance this summer. Black-capped are still in the same numbers. Has
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anyone else seen this?
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>>>> Dennis Paulson
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>>>> Seattle
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