Date: 4/9/26 7:06 am
From: John Bissell <John.N.Bissell...>
Subject: RE: [ia-bird] Chickadees - not a sighting.
I too have noticed vastly reduced numbers of Chickadees going all the way back to the Saylorville Christmas Bird Count. Still not seeing many around Saylorville lately.

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From: <ia-bird...> <ia-bird...> On Behalf Of Steve Harvey
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2026 9:01 AM
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Subject: [ia-bird] Chickadees - not a sighting.

It has occurred to me that we have had a shortage of BCCH this winter/spring.
We've been overloaded with purple finches when last year it was house finches.
Unremarkable numbers of the regular winter feeder birds.
Anyone else notice the missing?
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