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Birders

japple

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

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Sat Mar 9, 2019, 11:04 AM

Mar 2019

towhees, doves, finches, and lately the redwing blackbirds have made their appearance. There are bluebirds in the fields nearby, but they don't come to the feeders. We used to have tons of LBBs year-round and now there are none. I really miss the song sparrows at daybreak.

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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