Today, Feb 4, from the nature center, we observed song sparrow, white throated sparrows and tree sparrow > On Feb 4, 2015, at 9:00 PM, Femme Metal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I have seen a drop in the number of sparrows at my house in Oberlin (Lorain > County). Usually I see many American Tree Sparrows, the occasional Song > Sparrow and now and then a handful of White Throated Sparrows. This year, > I've had six American Tree Sparrows - last weekend when it was snowing - at > my feeders and no Song or White Throated. Only a couple of Juncos have > been around and I usually see a larger number than that. > > That being said, this is the first winter I've noticed a drop. Numbers the > past few winters seemed 'normal'. > > Kristen > > > > 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]