[Tweeters] No Birds - Why?

[jimbetz at jimbetz.com]

Hi all,

   Just as mysteriously as the birds 'disappeared' - they have come back.
Someone suggested "possibly a hawk" and that seems unlikely since they
were not in our backyard for almost 24 hours.
                                                            - Jim
Quoting jimbetz at jimbetz.com:


> Hi all,

>

>   All summer long - and recently - we've had lots of birds at our feeder.

> Pretty much all day long with a reduction during the mid-day doldrums.

>

>   I just went out to replenish the hummer jooze - and discovered that the

> seed feeder had not been depleted since I refilled it yesterday late

> afternoon.  That's a much longer time for the seed feeder to see no

> (just very light) activity.  We get lots of sparrows, finches, and

> other birds at this feeder and as I said above it is usually Active.

> I've been able to count as many as 20+ birds at once on this feeder or

> under it or around it.

>

>   ... any body have any ideas?