Hi Susan, One of the things that happens is when the young birds hatch, their parents switch from a seed diet to a high protein diet of insect, arthropod, and other crawling creatures, switching back to seeds when they bring the youngsters to the feeders.
Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 2:31 PM Susan Gilmore <[email protected]> wrote: > MOU: > > I have a question that I need help answering. We have fed birds for many > years and typically have marveled at how many come to our feeders. This > entire winter and spring all feeders have remained steadily busy until this > last week where we have had so few song birds and woodpeckers. We were out > of town for a week but had our neighbor fill the feeders plus add fresh > water to the bird baths and when we returned there was a noticeable decline > in birds coming here. In fact we hardly have any. Before we left town all > feeders were busy with activity. > > The bird seed is fresh, only bought it maybe a month ago. The feeders had > been cleaned out about a month ago, rinsed well and dried. The suet > feeders are clean and filled with fresh suet. The hummingbird feeders also > clean with fresh sugar water and were clean before we left town. > > We wondered if an owl or hawk might have taken up residence near by but we > feel we would have seen some activity around a nest or hole in a tree and > we have seen none. > > Please help solve our mystery. > > Thank you! > > Susan > > > Susan Gilmore > [email protected] > 612-382-1171 > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
