Posted on 06/15/2007 5:50:42 AM PDT by Daffynition
(CNN) -- Some of the most common birds seen and heard in American back yards are becoming a less frequent sight and sound in much of the United States, according to a study released by the National Audubon Society.
Twenty common birds -- including the northern bobwhite, the field sparrow and the boreal chickadee -- have lost more than half their populations in the past 40 years, according to the society's research.
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I don't have as many hummingbirds this year. Boo Hoo!
Obviously Bush’s fault ...
Not around here they aren’t. Many of the birds I knew only from great grandma’s bird books I now see on a regular basis here in the yard. I’ve got a least two pairs of Baltimore Orioles nesting in the willows. I’ve got Bluebirds In both nest boxes at either end of the yard. And I’m thinking of raising a pole for a Purple Martin house due to their population resurgence..
Where I’ve lived, bobwhites/quail have been really rare in the last 10 yrs or so.
The Hummingbird out at my buddy’s ranch is deaf.
This is something I’ve kinda noticed, but it’s hard to have a wide view of it. My hunch is that as more people move into suburbs and cities which continue to expand, the advantage goes to cats in smaller back yards and it is harder for the birds to find their food.
Are there more predators, I wonder?
Is it an albino?
I’m going to look for stats from the bird count that took place in late winter.
I don’t think so, I haven’t seen any evidence of it. My belief is that they are just getting run out due to more housing and encroachment of their natural habitat.
Last time out, we were blasting away with our handguns just six feet in front of his feeder (It's his from March-October) and he would come in while we're sending lead down-range.
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