Hi, Same here in Danby. I was filling the feeders every day in August. For the past month and half, every 5 days! Maybe there's more wild food this year. Theresa
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 1:10 PM Elaina M. McCartney < elaina.mccart...@cornell.edu> wrote: > I have noticed a dramatic drop in the squirrel population and feeder birds > SW shore Cayuga Lake in the past two months. I like to photograph squirrels > so I noticed. Saw one lactating female about two weeks ago, and that's it. > Up until a couple months ago I also had flying squirrels visiting every > night, now nothing. There's a bonanza acorn crop, so maybe the squirrels > don't need to raid my place this year. Tube feeder stays full days longer > than it used to. Blue Jays used to show up whenever I tossed out some seeds > on my deck. Now the seeds sit there uneaten. I do have woodpeckers and > Mourning Doves around the yard, and a few chipmunks. > > Elaina > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 18, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Barbara B. Eden <b...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > For the past 2 months the resident birds that I daily feed have dropped in > population This is the first time this has happened and even those pesky > squirrels have left I live in Cayuga Heights and my backyard is a bird > friendly habitat > Any thoughts would be appreciated > Thanks > Barbara Eden > > Sent using OWA for iPhone > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --