Maybe your backyard birds decided to fly south where it is warmer. The birds in my backyard flew south for the winter a long time ago. I expect they will be back raising a ruckus by the time March gets here and it is warmer. I am wondering how far south they fly. If they stopped in Florida, they didn't completely escape the cold this past week. I live in western South Carolina.


[edit on 11-1-2010 by orionthehunter]

Fantastic pic

I think it must be a local issue, i'm in Glasgow and the birds have been visiting daily for the food I put out each morning.

Hope you get to the bottom of it, would be interesting to find out the cause.

Morning and thanks to everyone for posting.

Update....no birds, but I think (Hope) I know why !. My next door neighbour was telling me an hour ago that he found a dead, frozen cat between his hedge and wall. He said it looked like it had been hit by a car and probably crawled there to die.

He has removed it and Ive washed down (Disinfected) the area where he found it. Now its a matter of waiting to see if they now come.

Update to follow.

Respects



[edit on 11-1-2010 by captiva]

i love birds, i hope they come back

this is suspensful

Hi. Last week I started a thread "the birds are missing". I suppose many people seemed to take it lightly.

But like with you, the silence was just too eerie.

I never mentioned it on the board, but I was out other places in the area and there were no birds anywhere. Not just at my house.

For three days (maybe 4) there were no birds. And then---boom. The freeze hit. This freeze was totally rare and bizarre weather for my area. And it still continues. However, the birds returned the day of the freeze.

So why were they gone for three days prior?

I don't know. Were there sonic sounds in the area? Are the weather patterns being contrived by some sort of frequencies? Are there "silent sound" weapons in use nearby?

All I know is that animals often give us warnings and indications if we watch their behavior.

Update...its been 9 hours since the dead cat was removed from the next doors garden. My hopes were up that this was the cause of the missing birds, but no. My feeders have been sitting idle all day, its now dark and apart from 1 solitary magpie picking at the grass through the snow, there have been no birds.

I went out a walk up the street, peering in others gardens ( Must have looked like a pervert or burgler) but the birds were no where to be seen.

I spoke to a couple of people out clearing their paths and when I mentioned to them they agreed it was strange as we scanned the sky and gardens.

This is weird, its as if the bird population has just flown off. No sign of any dead birds anywhere.

Ive emailed my local press and the local RSPB group. No replies as yet.

Respects

Beautiful pic of the robin, it is obvious that you see the importance of getting the eyes in focus.

I am also an avid bird watcher and keep a daily log of species that visit our feeders. None of the replies as of yet have stated the obvious - predators in the area. I frequently notice no bird activity in our neighbourhood, and will eventually see the problem - a Cooper's hawk will fly through looking for a meal.

that is a gorgeous bird!!!! i love animals