I don't think I've ever seen one, that I recall.I've only seen one red-headed woodpecker in my whole life. It hung around my house for about three days, then a hawk ate it.
Still like that here in late winter in the lower elevations. Big mixed flocks of robins and cedar waxwings.I remember up until maybe 5 or so years ago flocks of robins would come through getting gall berry and beauty berry fruit while deer hunting, talking hundreds of birds.
Now you might see 50 in a flock. Not sure if some type of disease got to them.
I'm covered up with white-throated sparrows in the winter, but they mostly all leave out in the summer. Plenty of towhees.There are a few Robins nesting here in our area of the coast but we haven't seen them in the numbers that we used to see them when we first moved here in 2002, Other species of birds are gone or nearly gone. White Throated Sparrows just a hand full, Towhee's we had them here years ago now they are gone. Development here is killing everything.
I have boundless cardinals here. Got an active nest in my rosebush right now. Been seeing 25-30 robins in the yard every day, and they're nesting in my maple trees.I haven't seen a Robin around this year. My male Cardinal must have lost his mate over the winter. He keeps calling and she is nowhere to be found. Last years nest sits empty and it was about 18 to 20 feet off the ground.
Not only birds but every other wild creature I truly believe. Cotton-tail Rabbits here are just about a thing of the past also. That stuff probably has a negative effect on humans also.A few robins here but nothing like the numbers of the past. The other day I watched my Neighbor's weed service company spray chemicals all over the lawn and then within minutes a robin was pulling worms out of that same grass. Made me wonder if all these pesticides and herbicides have a downsteam effect on the bird populations.
I got a herd of yard rabbits. A lot of this comes down to development and lack of habitat. Everybody wants to "clean up" every inch of their property nowadays so it looks like they're "taking care of it," when actually they're ruining it.Not only birds but every other wild creature I truly believe. Cotton-tail Rabbits here are just about a thing of the past also. That stuff probably has a negative effect on humans also.
Those towhees can make some racket in dry leaves.I'm covered up with white-throated sparrows in the winter, but they mostly all leave out in the summer. Plenty of towhees.
Yep. Sound like a flock of chickens scratchin'.Those towhees can make some racket in dry leaves.
I think I've got a couple pairs of white-throated sparrows staying and nesting here this year. I hear them singing in the morning.There are a few Robins nesting here in our area of the coast but we haven't seen them in the numbers that we used to see them when we first moved here in 2002, Other species of birds are gone or nearly gone. White Throated Sparrows just a hand full, Towhee's we had them here years ago now they are gone. Development here is killing everything.