I wonder if all these trees are putting out "stress cones/seeds," caused by the accelerating warming. Or do they just like being so warm? Betsy
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Marc Devokaitis <mdevokai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Re-opening this thread--I thought I'd share with the list a comment from > Donald Leopold, Chair of the Department of Environmental and Forest > Biology at SUNY-ESF (I was asking him about something else, but this came > up.) > > "Not only are conifers producing an extraordinary abundance of cones but > I have never seen such an abundance of walnuts, hickories, oak acorns, > sugar maple and white ash samaras, and other tree fruits and seeds. > Interestingly, I’ve seen this above average production across the > Northeast." > > > Hopefully this goes a long way to explaining the increase in decreases > this year. > > > Marc Devokaitis > > > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Barbara B. Eden <b...@cornell.edu> > wrote: > >> For the past 2 months the resident birds that I daily feed have dropped >> in population This is the first time this has happened and even those pesky >> squirrels have left I live in Cayuga Heights and my backyard is a bird >> friendly habitat >> Any thoughts would be appreciated >> Thanks >> Barbara Eden >> >> Sent using OWA for iPhone >> -- >> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> >> *Archives:* >> The Mail Archive >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> >> *Please submit your observations to eBird >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* >> -- >> > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
