I have a lot of white throated sparrows at my house in Grandview Heights, Ohio. A huge amount of Cardinals as well. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 1, 2015, at 6:08 PM, Julie Gee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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 >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. >> Please consider joining our Society, at >> www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. >> Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. >> >> >> You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: >> listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS >> Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]