Likely "your" pewee was at least two different birds, as their lifespan is ~7 years.
On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 7:57 PM, Nancy Cusumano <[email protected]> wrote: > It really is an odd summer! We also are missing "our" peewee, who has > been here reliably for the 14 years I have lived in this house. Missing him! > There are at least 2 pair of great crested flycatchers and on Friday an > Indigo bunting showed up and is still around singing his head off from the > tops of the black locust trees. > There are sapsucker babies (that sound like they are humming in morse code > from inside the tree) and bluebirds too. So down one peewee, up a bunting? > Guess I would call that OK....but I want my peewee back. > > thanks for everyone's comments on this thread. > > Nancy > > Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 578! dogs since 2005! > Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 1:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> Over 30years of banding, migration and population study here and we >> experienced and ever increasing paucity of birds. About 15 years ago I >> wrote a report citing these losses. While many can be linked to loss of >> habitat mainly due to factory farming, that didn't account for the lack of >> song. We prognosticated at the time that populations within species were >> undergoing a drastic diminishment.That has since been shown to be even >> worse than we guessed ( based on American Bird Conservancy data sets). >> >> A result most noticeable was in song. With fewer competitors, birds in >> lesser numbers arrive on native land and , if they find it still existent, >> establish a territory. With little or no competition, the territorial song >> is short lived -after all, why expend energy needlessly? Defense of >> territory is seldom needed so in season song is greatly diminished. >> >> That doesn't mean it stops entirely but certainly far less than what we >> new 50, 40 or 30 years ago. >> >> Fast forward to the crazy migration we experienced this spring. Expected >> species have still not checked in and we guess they either overflew or were >> content to our south. We have the same experience with Veery here and Wood >> Thrush has been declining steadily. Least Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo are >> all missing and the fancy Thrushes once a stopover certainty haven't been >> seen for several years. Yesterday, we finally had a single Pewee. On the >> positive side we are inundated with Grosbeaks, Purple Finch, Great-crested >> Flycatchers, cuckoos and others that are normally here in much smaller >> numbers. >> >> Looking South to the greater DC area, many of these species are still >> there and that's abnormal. Check the ADK reports and they are also having a >> strange year although I've not seen any thoughts on the subject from that >> area. >> >> The short answer is an unusual migration window with lots of weather >> effect, rapidly declining populations creating an environment where our old >> expectations are no longer valid. >> >> I liked it much better several decades ago. We have stopped banding >> passerines and happy we did as the disappointment would be even greater. >> >> Best, >> >> John >> >> >> >> --- >> John and Sue Gregoire >> Field Ornithologists >> Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory >> 5373 Fitzgerald Rd >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=5373+Fitzgerald+Rd+Burdett,+NY+14818&entry=gmail&source=g> >> Burdett, NY 14818 >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=5373+Fitzgerald+Rd+Burdett,+NY+14818&entry=gmail&source=g> >> 42.443508000, -76.758202000 >> >> On 2018-06-18 15:45, W. Larry Hymes wrote: >> >> I have noticed, as have others, that the woods have not been as plentiful >> with bird song as normal. On my recent walks at Upper Buttermilk I have >> been very disappointed in the total absence of Wood Thrush, Veery, and >> Scarlet Tanager. By this time in past years I've always have several of >> these birds. On my most recent walk (Friday) I was wonderfully surprised >> to hear 2 Wood Thrush and 2-3 each of Veery and Scarlet Tanager. Why the >> sudden "reappearance"?? I know I'm going to be criticized for asking, but >> could some birds (species) still be migrating in? If not, then why did >> they finally "show up"? Some could argue they were busy with nesting. But >> I've never experienced birds remaining completely mum during the nesting >> season. Another argument could be that they are now moving around after >> the first brood. I doubt that would explain the numbers of these species I >> had all of a sudden plopping down in Upper Buttermilk? By the way, we >> picnicked at Upper Treman yesterday and bird song was relatively >> infrequent. Do any of you have any thoughts on this subject?? >> >> Larry >> >> -- >> >> ================================ >> W. 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