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dixiegrrrrl

(60,183 posts) Wed Dec 31, 2014, 11:49 AM Dec 2014

Where are the birds???? [View all]

There are no birds this fall/winter in my yard. The full feeders have not been touched.
My neighbor, who keeps a giant feeder of black sunflower seeds, says she has no visitors either, since summer.
This is normally an area that gets at least 12 types of birds in the fall/winter, and we have year round cardinals.
Have not seen a cardinal since ....gosh, maybe last spring?

Anyone else have this problem?

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Where are the birds???? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 OP

They're all at my house TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #1

At mine too! bigwillq Dec 2014 #2

We haven't see squirrels around for several years. TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #3

may I transport wildlife across state lines? I have about 50 in my yard you can have! zazen Dec 2014 #6

Nah! It's not that there are no squirrels in the area, just not at my house. TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #14

I have a lab mix... Whiskeytide Dec 2014 #41

The squirrels eat most of our feed. bigwillq Dec 2014 #7

now that you mention it, I haven't had as many, to be sure zazen Dec 2014 #4

I live 90 miles north of Mobile dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #18

My feeders have been unusually busy this month William Seger Dec 2014 #5

Do the doves eat from the feeders? TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #17

I have an open, flat tray for the ground-feeders. William Seger Dec 2014 #20

Doves here in Katy TX do KatyMan Dec 2014 #28

They are ground feeders at least in our neck of the world....La Crosse, Wi a kennedy Dec 2014 #36

No problem in Boston area. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2014 #8

Tied a huge chuck of suet outside.... Historic NY Dec 2014 #9

No problem here in Flagstaff, although it's snowing right now, so they're not so active. GGJohn Dec 2014 #10

Here in PA ours are around. johnp3907 Dec 2014 #11

Hello from Seaman, Ohio. SamKnause Dec 2014 #12

Very few sparrows in South Carolina johnnyreb Dec 2014 #13

This does not sound good. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #19

We have the usual mob -- rogerashton Dec 2014 #15

Looking for birds in NW Florida packman Dec 2014 #16

Wow 2naSalit Dec 2014 #23

Here 2naSalit Dec 2014 #21

here's some byrds belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #22

One of my favorites!! n/t 2naSalit Dec 2014 #24

Do geese count? onehandle Dec 2014 #25

Yes and No Hari Seldon Dec 2014 #26

Based on what my cats have brought in, I can definitely say there are birds... brooklynite Dec 2014 #27

Bushs' "Clear Skies Initiative" finally paying off I suppose. n/t brewens Dec 2014 #29

Do you have any snow on the ground? B Calm Dec 2014 #30

Warm winter, no snow. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #33

They are all in my mother's shrubs BumRushDaShow Dec 2014 #31

I have noticed there are fewer than usual, too. femmocrat Dec 2014 #32

Now that you mentioned it, I usually see thousands of birds this time Rex Dec 2014 #34

I can't keep my feeder full Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #35

we good MFM008 Dec 2014 #37

I have lots of cardinals, I would say more than normal in fact. DawgHouse Dec 2014 #38

Birds and TreeRats all over the place here in FL. nt greytdemocrat Dec 2014 #39

I've seen quite a few Bohemian waxwings, Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #40