Date: 7/20/26 6:04 am From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Absence of birds in the smoke
Interesting - sorry for your experience Rob - here in the northwest in I found rather the opposite - wood thrushes for instance resuming singing dawn and dusk after being quieter earlier this month, possibly because the smoke had lifted - last night three singing in different directions around my house, robins and a pewee too. I'm in a narrow valley and the smoke was visibly swirling below the tree tops the last few days. Dawn chorus also fairly intrusive - cat birds, house wrens, pewee as well.
But things usually quieten down mid July as Chris says below.
Angela DimmittNew Milford
On Monday, July 20, 2026 at 07:52:38 AM EDT, C. S. Wood via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
I suppose it’s possible Rob, but of course many birds stop or reduce
singing once nests are established.
Chris Wood
Woodbury, CT
203 558-0654
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On Jul 20, 2026, at 7:22 AM, robert braunfield via CTBirds
<ctbirds...> wrote:
There was definitely a notable absence of birds, at least in my yard,
during the smokiest, haziest days last week. No birdsong really ( the
goldfinches and bunting were markedly missing , being so prominent up
to then ) Hardly any activity save for Bluebirds needing to tend to
their nests and vultures circling overhead. Been out of town since
Fri.and returning tomorrow, can’t wait to see if everything is back to
normal…
Robert Braunfield
Hadlyme
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