Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

I look at Long Point Bird Observatory from this Canadian site  https://www.bsc-eoc.org/birdmon/default/popindices.jsp  This banding site seems to have the longest record. They report a population index which I presume accounts for banding hours. If you look at the different species, it seems

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

It strikes me that this might just be following the food. Many years we see our hummers disappear for a week or more in early June to and then return. Went to Watkins Glen gorge this morning and was surprised to see many birds. Not usually the case there. Even saw Louisiana Waterthrush

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

Something not mentioned is the impact of unexpected Atlantic tropical and hurricane storm systems and the affect these may have upon migrating neotropical passerines which launch from the Cape Hatteras, North Carolina area East out into the Atlantic Ocean, to catch the Trade Winds pushing them

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

Not at all in banding reports which show lower numbers on average in some places, more in others and a healthy bunch of birds. Uniform agreement that weather caused a strange migration with both flyovers and late, if much at all, movers after a blocking front(s). All of this is localized and some

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

In addition, the lack of flying insects, especially ones of large and more nutritious sizes is also well documented in many countries. And there is the phenomenon of "thinning" , localized large decreases in numbers that are not initially noticed and hard to enumerate. Here is an article from the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

One thing Dave didn't mention is the possibility of the (increasingly ) well-documented

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

I remember this conversation last year. If there is a marked rapid decline in song birds as reported, then something has occurred in the past couple years that is wiping our birds out. Habitat loss is a gradual slow process that would not be so readily noticed on a wide scale from year to year.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

I remember this conversation last year. If there is a marked rapid decline in song birds as reported, then something has occurred in the past couple years that is wiping our birds out. Habitat loss is a gradual slow process that would not be so readily noticed on a wide scale from year to year.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

The current "record" based on banded birds returned to the wild is 8 years 2 months. That said, Nancy may well have been enjoying the progeny of that first pair as their site fidelity is high. John --- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory 5373

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

Likely "your" pewee was at least two different birds, as their lifespan is ~7 years. On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 7:57 PM, Nancy Cusumano wrote: > It really is an odd summer! We also are missing "our" peewee, who has > been here reliably for the 14 years I have lived in this house. Missing him! >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

It really is an odd summer! We also are missing "our" peewee, who has been here reliably for the 14 years I have lived in this house. Missing him! There are at least 2 pair of great crested flycatchers and on Friday an Indigo bunting showed up and is still around singing his head off from the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

There are plenty of birds around my place, and West Danby generally. In this area I have all the expected breeding birds, and even some fun additions, like Marsh Wrens, Pied-billed Grebes and Northern Harriers. If you’d asked me a couple days ago about what’s missing, I might have said Cerulean

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

We seem to have a lot of birds on the lower 10 ton15 acres. The odd thing to us is indigo Buntings, Rose-breasted grosbeaks, and Baltimore Orioles all frequent our feeders. At the same time, our usual 5 or 6 red-breasted Nuthatches seem to be down to 1 or 2. Many birds live around here

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

Thanks for your astute analysis John. It is sad to be an observer of all this as I only learned so much of what I didn't know about the birds around us in 1990 and since then have watched what I consider to be a precipitous decline, especially in more marginal habitats. Those on the frontlines

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Where are the birds?

Hi! Over 30years of banding, migration and population study here and we experienced and ever increasing paucity of birds. About 15 years ago I wrote a report citing these losses. While many can be linked to loss of habitat mainly due to factory farming, that didn't account for the lack of song.