The recent cold snap has finally caused increased activity at my bird feeders. The titmice and chickadees are back and forth constantly. Juncos getting in on the action, too. Overall though, there has been a significant drop in birds coming to my feeders this winter. I am hoping this is just due to the mild weather we are having and not an indication of something graver affecting the bird population. Even over the summer I noticed a dramatic decrease in gold finch who used to cost me big money by emptying my thistle seed feeder regularly. Today I have had one goldfinch hanging around, the first one I've seen in a while. Last winter I would have up to 9 gold finch at a time hanging around the feeder like workers around a water cooler.
Other individuals paying visits today have been a Carolina wren, Jack- the red-bellied woodpecker, and a downy woodpecker.
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