[yarddog]

I also live in the Florida Panhandle and I actually have noticed the same thing. I do see some birds but not nearly as many as I used to.

I too suspect feral house cats.

[Rodamala]

I too suspect feral house cats.

[Axenolith]

Consider also that it may be such a bad winter that they went further south...

[capt. norm]

I also live in the FLA Panhandle (Panama City) and my bird feeder wasn't drawing very many birds until I bought a live trap and started my "Cat Relocation Program".

Transferred a little over a dozen felines to rural areas before the birds began to show up again.

Got to meet a few irate cat owners...their cats had been on my property and nobody forced them into the trap.

Where I used to live in Gilbert Iowa, cats had the same rule as dogs and they were very strict about both. Seems like cats don't like leashes one bit.

[dforest]

Cats do not go after birds enough to be responsible for a lack of birds.

I live in Indiana and I have noticed fewer birds. I also notice fewer bunnies and feral cats!