[TN-Bird] general question and introduction
- From: Brook Hines <brookhines@xxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:55:00 -0500
Hello -- first time post, but have been reading since late August.
Before the hurricanes I noticed weeks had gone by with almost no bird-
sign during the day. In the evening just a few usuals would appear:
wrens, cardinals and maybe a robin or two. Very little dusk activity.
Now, it's like an aviary. The trees are full of (marauding) birds and
there's lots of air display.
question:
Is it common in late August to see a near total decline in yard birds
in Middle Tennessee? I've lived in this house in central Davidson
County (East Nashville, Inglewood), and I don't recall such a drop in
bird-sign. Also seemed to be an increase of buzzing insects. It
sounded like central Florida here for a month or two.
introduction:
We have interesting environs with the Cumberland River and the Shelby
Bottoms Greenway to the east a couple of blocks away. On a hill with
a swath of commercial airspace to the east. Our immediate area is a
mature wooded lot with hackberries, tulip poplars, pine, dogwood and
generous lower growth evergreens such as juniper and holly. On the
west there's a high wire structure covering an area at least as large
as a football field that attracts a lot of meat eaters.
There's a spectacular barred owl that visits from time to time, and
some little screech owls.
Just wondering if a month or two of bird "silence" is normal.
Thanks,
Brook Hines
Nashville, TN
Davidson Co.
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