Date: 12/30/25 9:27 am From: Lynn Foster <lfoster5211...> Subject: Re: Still very few birds!
Yes, I'm experiencing fewer winter birds as well. I have the year-round
birds you listed and in addition I have cardinals, doves, and house finches
in their usual numbers. But I've had no bluejays in my yard since August or
September, and that is a first. Nor do I hear them. My neighbor down
the road is experiencing the same thing.
My winter birds so far are white-throated sparrows, juncos, goldfinches,
and at least one ruby-crowned kinglet. Merlin says I have a yellow-rumped
warbler. I usually see brown-headed nuthatches but have not so far. I
sometimes see a yellow-bellied sapsucker and hear a hermit thrush but have
not yet. If it snows, I will get huge flocks of birds in my yard, along
with even more species, at least that has been the case in past years.
I'm hoping it's because of the warmer weather and late fall. But I fear the
reason is decreasing bird populations.
Lynn Foster
Pulaski County near Pinnacle Mtn
On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM Debra Balicki <debandronb...>
wrote:
> I am perplexed and concerned about the lack of winter birds at my home. I
> live in Montgomery County about a mile from the Garland County line in the
> Ouachita Forest. I have a few white- throated sparrows, one or two juncos,
> one goldfinch that I see occasionally. I do still have chickadees, titmice,
> wrens and white breasted nuthatches along with red bellied woodpeckers, but
> I don’t even see cardinals or doves anymore. Even the house finches are
> scarcer. In past years I have had flocks of wintering birds here . Is
> anyone else experiencing this?
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