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Birders

CrispyQ

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1. Why did they leave?

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Mon Feb 6, 2017, 10:56 AM

Feb 2017

I'm in Boulder, CO & in 2004 the West Nile virus decimated the corvid population in this area. Our backyard didn't have any Blue Jays, Magpies & crows for many years. The jays returned first, about 6 years ago, then the crows about 3 years after that & this year we've finally had Magpies in our backyard again.

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Red-winged Blackbirds and Cowbirds have returned to New Paltz, NY. [View all] In_The_Wind Feb 2017 OP

Why did they leave? CrispyQ Feb 2017 #1

Not yet here Lindsay Feb 2017 #2

NY considers them undesirable HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #3

I don't discriminate against or kill wild birds. I just put out extra food for all the birds. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #6

Yay! shenmue Feb 2017 #4

They show up here a little earlier each year around here. 2naSalit Feb 2017 #5

Cowbirds kill thousands of songbirds by tossing their young... Nitram Feb 2017 #7

So do Blue Jays. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #8

Blue Jays don't lay their eggs in another birds nest to be fed at the expense of the bird's own Nitram Feb 2017 #9

An oft-cited study in the early 1900s found traces of eggs and young in only six of 530 blue jay Nitram Feb 2017 #10

They are my favorite sign of spring! femmocrat Feb 2017 #11

Pick up an inexpensive pair of binoculars. You'll wonder why you waited so long. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #12

I actually have a good pair. femmocrat Feb 2017 #13

The Finch can be a silly little bird. They seem to love thistle socks better than feeders. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #14