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: > > 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 > 4524 East 49th St > Cuyahoga Hts > 216-206-1000 > Fax: 216-206-1008 > clevelandmetroparks.com > > > ________________________________________ > From: Ohio birds <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of John Herman <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2015 12:00 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [Ohio-birds] where are the sparrows ? > > 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] -------------------------------------------- > Steve Cagan, photographer > > [log in to unmask] <applewebdata:[log in to unmask]> > www.stevecagan.com <http://www.stevecagan.com/> > www.elchocomining.net <http://www.elchocomining.net/> > www.pbase.com/stevecagan <http://www.pbase.com/stevecagan> > www.stevecagan.blogspot.com <http://www.stevecagan.blogspot.com/> > http://socialdocumentary.net/photographer/stevecagan <http://socialdocumentary.net/photographer/stevecagan> > 216-932-2753 (USA) > 321-308-7354 (Colombia) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]