[Tweeters] chickadee abundance

[Doug Santoni via Tweeters]

I have been very concerned over the past few weeks by the absence of both Chickadee species and Red-breasted Nuthatches at my backyard feeders. I’m in the Seattle area not far from the Arboretum. I’ve been happy to see lots of House Finches, Golden-crowned Sparrows, Song Sparrows, and an occasional Spotted Towhee. But I hope the chickadees and nuthatches will come back!

Doug Santoni
Seattle, WA
Dougsantoni at gmail dot com



> On Oct 28, 2024, at 6:02 PM, HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> 

> About midsummer all the small passerines seemed to essentially vanish from our yard.  We have mixed conifer and deciduous so the two chickadees were other common, along with Songs Sparrow and dark-eyed Junco.  We normally have quite a few Purple (especially) and House finches.  All down.

> 

> Last year was fairly low, but not this bad.

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> 

> Hal Michael

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>> On 10/28/2024 5:58 PM PDT Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net> wrote:

>> 

>> 

>> We have lots of Song Sparrows, as many as I have ever seen. But I wonder about avian flu. Has anyone heard about it affecting small passerines?

>> 

>>> On Oct 28, 2024, at 5:56 PM, HAL MICHAEL <ucd880 at comcast.net> wrote:

>>> 

>>> About mid-year both species seemed to have vanished.  A very few are showing up now. Both species.  Don't think in banded any YOY.  Actually, I think juncos and Steller's Jays are all I have seen YOY's. Not even Song Sparrow and we had lots around in previous years.

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>>> 

>>> Hal Michael

>>> Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/)

>>> Olympia WA

>>> 360-459-4005

>>> 360-791-7702 (C)

>>> ucd880 at comcast.net

>>> 

>>>> On 10/28/2024 5:36 PM PDT Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

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>>>> 

>>>> Hello tweets,

>>>> 

>>>> Two of us, living several miles apart in Seattle, have noticed a substantial decline in Chestnut-backed Chickadees in our yards from their abundance this summer. Black-capped are still in the same numbers. Has anyone else seen this?

>>>> 

>>>> Dennis Paulson

>>>> Seattle

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