I'm in central Canada.
Have always awoken to birds singing in the near vicinity.

Have sadly noticed a huge decline in the number of birds the last couple of years.
Crows have also moved in as their natural homes are diminished.

Today, I have heard 1 bird chirp a couple of times, and not the normal robins/sparrows/wrens.
Not even the predator caw of the crows who love to perch atop the streetlights.

The silence is very strange.
Posting this to see if anyone else has noticed the almost total absence of birds today, where ever you live.

Should add the weather is calm; no storms on the horizon.

Same here outside Pittsburgh. Took my dog for a walk and the 10 minutes I was out, didn't see or hear a single bird. Not sure if it is abnormal or not since today is the first time I was actually looking for birds, because I'm still a bit paranoid about the quake yesterday.

Then I come on here in see this thread....eery.

Odd I noticed this when I was outside this morning. The crows are still here. They like the ripe pears. I was thinking maybe I had a tree snake again and thats why I wasn't seeing any or hearing any.

seems quiet here in colorado too
noticed lack of birds also this morning

I live in SE British Columbia, Canada, deep in the Rockies. I have several large pine and spruce trees in my yard which are home (or used to be) sparrows and stellar jays. Last few days I haven't heard or seen them... Very odd, considering the pear and apple trees in my backyard are ripe and juicy. Also, we've got a couple of local black bears who usually pop in every other day to have some apples, but not in the last 2 weeks have any come around. AND! Just lastnight, a fairly rare occurance happened - A pack of cyotes went complete ape-snoot for about 8 minutes solid around 12:40am.

Something is going on and its not right. The wildlife around here are being affected by whatever it is...

*off topic, but maybe relevant?*
I've also been noticing the skies over my hometown are slowly gaining more, "multiple-streak-spanning-horizon-to-horizon-but-never-disappear *contrails*" lately. Its pretty odd to even see an airplane, let alone jets, fly over my less than 1400 population village.

I'm in Indiana, and after reading this, I went outside and listened and looked.

It is not readily noticeable because of the locusts, but you are right, I did not hear or see any birds.

Has anyone seen any birds though?


ok, so we have two out of place earthquakes, no sounds of birds, and I don't know if anyone else noticed, but I also saw a blood moon last night, very freaky.


I think maybe we need to start putting the puzzle pieces together here. Is there anything else we should consider.
Could the sun have this, a man made device (harp or underground "science/drilling"). Is it all a coincidence? Should we look for more pieces?

A lot of birds only sing as a means of defining thier territories in the breeding season

This is really unusual for where we live this time of the year. I wonder if these wierd noises that people are hearing are scaring them away or something? Noted we haven't had any strange noises where I am (as yet), but I'm aware that birds are sensitive to vibrational forces/noises etc.. It's so strange not hearing them or seeing them flying around. All I've seen flying around today is the odd butterfly or wasp. Strange....

I am in VA...yesterday my cat was driving me crazy prior to the quake. She wanted in, she wanted out, she wanted in...you get the picture...every few minutes - drove me crazy

Typically during the day she is either under the bed, or on my bed..never acted like that during the day. Maybe she was nervous and sensed something. Today she is back to just sleeping.

Once you mentioned the bird, I payed attention. I am sitting at the computer next to an open window (another beautiful day). I do not hear any birds at all. However, I hear a cricket that is driving me crazy. Now that I think about it, aren't crickets typically nocturnal? I don't recall hearing them during the day

I'm in Austin Texas and noticed this morning during my coffee on the patio that the birds I feed are no where to be found. The Humming birds that frequent the feeders along with the Morning Doves and Blue Jays are not around.

The birds are chirping rather normally where I'm at, if not drowned out by the screeching of the cicadas. I think some birds might be starting to migrate already, so maybe that's why they seem quieter than normal?

it was completely silent this morning here in NYC suburbs. usually they are some darn noisy a-s birds from 5a-8a. not today!