I have also noticed a decline in sparrows.  I have only seen a
white-throated sparrow on two occasions all winter.  No other sparrows
around my feeders.  Last winter I regularly saw both a male and female
towhee.  Not this winter.
Gayle, I counted 61 goldfinches at my feeders today!

Julie Gee
Athens, Ohio

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 12:00 PM, John Herman <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>      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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