[Tweeters] chickadee abundance

[Shelf Life Community Story Project via Tweeters]

I live in Seattle's Central District. We have A LOT of Black Capped
Chickadees right now and had more Chestnut Backed than usual over the
summer.

On Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 7:17 PM Doug Santoni via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> 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.

> >

> >

> > 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 5:58 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.

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> 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:

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>> 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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