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Birders

japple

(9,828 posts) Sat Mar 9, 2019, 10:38 AM Mar 2019

Where have all the sparrows gone? [View all]

Our family has been feeding birds here at the same site in N. GA since 1980. We've always had a variety of birds common to southeastern US. Lately, the sparrows seem to have disappeared. I wondered why the mornings were so silent even though spring is just around the corner. Wondering if a large population of cardinals would cause the smaller birds like sparrows to stay away. It is a mystery to me.

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Where have all the sparrows gone? [View all] japple Mar 2019 OP

I haven't noticed a shortage in PA. femmocrat Mar 2019 #1

African or European?? Docreed2003 Mar 2019 #2

We also have a large population of cardinals yellerpup Mar 2019 #3

Sounds like my backyard. We have lots of bluejays, titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers japple Mar 2019 #5

There seems to be plenty in Ohio. I put out a doc03 Mar 2019 #4

I hadn't realized their absence until I read it here. efhmc Mar 2019 #6

This is just an observation of my back yard--all anecdotal. I don't have any scientific evidence japple Mar 2019 #7

Used to have tons of House Sparrows Comatose Sphagetti Mar 2019 #8

No English s[arrows this spring. They used to mob their feeder. marble falls Mar 2019 #9

my area has less sparrows but a lot more finches Mosby Mar 2019 #10

We have had a decline in goldfinches and the house finches have, for the past japple Mar 2019 #11

Have seen some sparrows here (southern MD,) elleng Mar 2019 #12

We used to have tons of them here in Michigan bif Jun 2019 #13