Thanks, Greg, for the data. Anyone putting out theories? Weather? Climate? Chemicals? Bird flu? Thanks. Nancy
On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 10:51 AM Greg Seitz <greg.se...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I crunched the numbers correctly, eBird shows an ~ 9% decline in > observed hummingbirds in Minnesota this year: > > - 2023, Jan 1 - July 22: 293 > - 2024, Jan 1 - July 22: 266 > > Any real data scientists out there are welcome to check my math! > > Greg > > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 9:22 PM Nancy Steinhauser <nancyhu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Jason, > > Do you have feeders up - and - if so, did you notice a drop in numbers > of > > birds at those feeders compared to previous years? When did the "drop" > > occur? > > Thanks for responding! > > > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM Jason Frank <jmfran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I would note that last year, in the Ortonville area, as far as I > > observed, > > > numbers were what I'd call "normal." Even during the periods when they > > > hunted insects to feed nestlings, they'd still be seen around > residential > > > areas with gardens. > > > > > > This year, I never saw a single mating dance or territorial dispute > > > between males, which have always been a regular sight in my yard. > > > > > > Jason Frank > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:23 PM Nancy Steinhauser < > nancyhu...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Alex, > > >> Did you have more in the Spring, did you notice? > > >> > > >> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:20 PM Knopick, Alex < > > >> alex.d.knop...@craig-hallum.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > We see 1-2 almost every evening at our feeder between 6-8pm, > including > > >> > tonight. > > >> > > > >> > Alex Knopick > > >> > a...@craighallum.com > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Alex Knopick - Partner > > >> > Managing Director - Investment Banking > > >> > Craig-Hallum Capital Group > > >> > M: 612-237-5281 > > >> > Work Text: 612-482-2583 > > >> > O: 612-334-6341 > > >> > a...@craighallum.com > > >> > > > >> > On Jul 19, 2024, at 7:56 PM, Nancy Steinhauser < > nancyhu...@gmail.com> > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > Thank you all for replying. This is very troubling. > > >> > A lot of migrating hummingbirds got back here but what happened > > >> afterwards? > > >> > And the monarchs have been very few. Only a few caterpillars found > on > > >> many > > >> > milkweed plants. > > >> > Nancy > > >> > Superior Highlands > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM Charlene Nelson < > birdnir...@gmail.com > > > > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > We have very few butterflies, and we have an abundance of milkweed > > and > > >> > > other natives for them to enjoy. > > >> > > > > >> > > Charlene Nelson > > >> > > Grant County farm > > >> > > > > >> > > > On Jul 19, 2024, at 3:43 PM, Rebecca Field < > > >> rebeccafiel...@gmail.com> > > >> > > wrote: > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I just saw a single Monarch in our hillside prairie where we > have > > >> > planted > > >> > > > milkweed. Hope. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Becky Field > > >> > > > Orono > > >> > > > > > >> > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 3:10 PM Tom Gilde < > > >> > > > 00002247eb7407f6-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > > >> > > > > > >> > > >> One of the profound threats to Monarchs is the decline of their > > >> > > wintering > > >> > > >> forest. It's not just logging but also climate change. I'm > > planting > > >> > > >> milkweeds, anyway. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Tom Gilde > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Fri, 19 Jul, 2024 at 2:41 PM, Jeanne Baumann < > > >> > > jbaumann-...@outlook.com> > > >> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> To: mou-net@lists.umn.edu > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I've seen one single monarch - just yesterday. And my yard is > > full > > >> of > > >> > > >> wild milkweed. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On 7/19/2024 12:22 PM, Missy Bowen wrote: > > >> > > >>> No monarchs. Troubling. > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 12:17 PM Jeffrey Saffle< > > >> > > >> jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu<mailto:jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu > >> > > >> > > >>> wrote: > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>>> We have a few hummers here in Lake Elmo but I’m much more > > struck > > >> by > > >> > a > > >> > > >>>> near-total absence of monarch butterflies. I successfully > > raised > > >> and > > >> > > >>>> released 16 monarchs in June/early July but since then I’ve > > only > > >> > found > > >> > > >> one > > >> > > >>>> caterpillar and seen one adult. I suspect the relentlessly > > rainy > > >> > > >> weather > > >> > > >>>> was hard on them. What are others’ thought? > > >> > > >>>> Jeffrey Saffle > > >> > > >>>> Sent from my iPhone > > >> > > >>>> > > >> > > >>>>> On Jul 19, 2024, at 11:27 AM, Jason Frank< > jmfran...@gmail.com > > >> > > <mailto: > > >> > > >> jmfran...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > >> > > >>>>> > > >> > > >>>>> I'm in Ortonville, and haven't seen a single hummingbird > all > > >> > summer > > >> > > >>>> long. I > > >> > > >>>>> only saw a few in the spring. > > >> > > >>>>> > > >> > > >>>>> There are no Japanese Beetles this far west yet, so no one > > >> around > > >> > > here > > >> > > >> is > > >> > > >>>>> spraying for them. Plenty of people are spraying for > > everything > > >> > else, > > >> > > >>>>> though. Ortonville is governed by the type of 20th Century > > >> idiocy > > >> > > that > > >> > > >>>>> employs a municipal mosquito spray truck which circles the > > town > > >> > once > > >> > > a > > >> > > >>>> week > > >> > > >>>>> to kill every flying insect in its path (can't have all dem > > >> golfers > > >> > > and > > >> > > >>>>> lakeshore dwellers gettin all itchy, don't ya know). There > are > > >> > plenty > > >> > > >> of > > >> > > >>>>> flowers around town, and good nesting habitat in the parks > and > > >> > > >> ravines. I > > >> > > >>>>> too am noticing low numbers of Barn and Tree Swallows... > and I > > >> > > haven't > > >> > > >>>> seen > > >> > > >>>>> a Kestrel since April. At this point, it could be a whole > > >> > cumulative > > >> > > >>>> effect > > >> > > >>>>> of climate, over-spraying and insect population collapse, > and > > >> bird > > >> > > flu, > > >> > > >>>>> which I'd imagine could spread to hummers if their feeders > are > > >> in > > >> > > close > > >> > > >>>>> proximity to seed and suet feeders. All those storms and > heavy > > >> rain > > >> > > >>>> during > > >> > > >>>>> nesting season probably didn't help, either. > > >> > > >>>>> > > >> > > >>>>> Jason Frank > > >> > > >>>>> > > >> > > >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM Nancy Steinhauser < > > >> > > >> nancyhu...@gmail.com<mailto:nancyhu...@gmail.com> > > >> > > >>>>>> wrote: > > >> > > >>>>>> > > >> > > >>>>>> Wondering if anyone else has seen the numbers go down this > > >> summer. > > >> > > >>>> From a > > >> > > >>>>>> great start (over 30 birds arrived at the feeders.....and > who > > >> > knows > > >> > > >> the > > >> > > >>>>>> ones I didn't see) in mid-May, the numbers now have > dwindled > > to > > >> > less > > >> > > >>>> than a > > >> > > >>>>>> dozen, and that's up from 3 or 4 because the little ones > have > > >> > > fledged. > > >> > > >>>>>> Neighbors and co-workers (the north shore and inland above > > Two > > >> > > >> Harbors) > > >> > > >>>>>> have reported the same "drop" in birds. Bewildered. They > > >> started > > >> > > to > > >> > > >>>>>> disappear early to mid-June and have not returned. > Wondering > > >> about > > >> > > >> bird > > >> > > >>>>>> flu. > > >> > > >>>>>> We have had a huge mosquito population this summer because > of > > >> all > > >> > > the > > >> > > >>>>>> rain. But that hasn't dropped hummingbird numbers coming to > > >> > feeders > > >> > > >> in > > >> > > >>>>>> previous wet summers. > > >> > > >>>>>> Any ideas/experiences? The numbers here have been steadily > > >> going > > >> > up > > >> > > >> for > > >> > > >>>>>> over > > >> > > >>>>>> 25 years. Many feeders out. 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