Where have all the birds gone?

upthesaukee · 01-04-2013, 11:02 AM

We had quite a few birds at our feeders up until around Thanksgiving. Had Chickadees, nuthatches, goldfinches, purple and house finches, cardinals morning and evening.

Ran out of seed and bought a different brand of black oil. Shortly thereafter I put out the inflatable Santa and Grinch on our front deck, which is fairly close to the feeders, 10-15 ft away.

We have had decreasing number of birds over the last month, and now they are almost non-existent. There is a water supply available for them, our stream which is not iced over and accessible to them. Even went out and bought the old seed brand. I also have suet feeders out...even the woodpeckers seem to have stopped coming.

We have two tube feeders, one platform, and one round reservoir feeder with a feeding tray at the bottom.

Short of be sitting out there doing bird imitations, any thoughts? Any one else having this problem?

01-04-2013, 11:02 AM	#1
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,547 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,398 Thanked 1,918 Times in 1,061 Posts	Where have all the birds gone? We had quite a few birds at our feeders up until around Thanksgiving. Had Chickadees, nuthatches, goldfinches, purple and house finches, cardinals morning and evening. Ran out of seed and bought a different brand of black oil. Shortly thereafter I put out the inflatable Santa and Grinch on our front deck, which is fairly close to the feeders, 10-15 ft away. We have had decreasing number of birds over the last month, and now they are almost non-existent. There is a water supply available for them, our stream which is not iced over and accessible to them. Even went out and bought the old seed brand. I also have suet feeders out...even the woodpeckers seem to have stopped coming. We have two tube feeders, one platform, and one round reservoir feeder with a feeding tray at the bottom. Short of be sitting out there doing bird imitations, any thoughts? Any one else having this problem? __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!