To add just a little to this, we have noted for the last 2-3 years that the number of White-throated Sparrows at our feeders during migration is way down from previous years, and we have seen no overwintering birds right here. This is a real change, Other observers right around here (Cleveland Heights) have also mentioned this change.
Steve Cagan
Cleveland Heights
Cuyahoga County
> On Feb 2, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Jo Ann Kubicki <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Many Tree Sparrows and Cardinals here at CanalWay Center in Cleveland Metroparks. One or two White-Throated sparrows and Song Sparrows.
>
> Jo Ann Kubicki
> Information Specialist
> CanalWay Center
> Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation
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> ________________________________________
> From: Ohio birds <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of John Herman <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: [Ohio-birds] where are the sparrows ?
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> Have other Ohio feeder watchers observed a significant lack or absence
> of song, tree, white-throated and white-crowned sparrows at their feeders
> this winter? Sure, a person can go to Killdeer Plains, Big Island, etc. and
> see decent numbers, I'm guessing, of these relatively common feeder
> species. Did the subzero temperatures of late November push sparrows south
> of where they would normally winter in Ohio? Towhees are basically unknown
> in Richland County this winter. A few can normally be found at the
> southeast areas of the county.
> When is the DOW going to introduce a raptor that preys on starlings &
> house sparrows?
> Stay safe, stay warm,
> John P. Herman
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