Most of the old Telinga clients in Sweden say that "it's more quiet nowadays".
So I made a phone call to
http://www.sofnet.org/ottenbyfagelstation/start/ which is the most
scientific center for counting birds in Sweden and they verified that
there has been a clear drop of birds (not all species, of course)
during a 20 year period.
It would be interesting to get facts about it.
Is it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring that we hear?
Klas.
At 15:31 2013-06-22, you wrote:
>I wondered about this too. Although I am not aware of any new raptor
>activity around us, we have also seen no chipmunks this year, and
>they are normally all over the place. We had a pair of nesting
>phoebes who abandoned their nest in mid May and were never seen or
>heard again. Last year some friends had a pair of barn owls nesting
>near their house, and that drove all the smaller birds away,
>reducing their dawn chorus to near nothing.
>
>I did see a red-tail perched in our back yard a few weeks ago. If
>they are nesting nearby, that might account for it.
>
>John
>
>--- In Scott Fraser
><> wrote:
> >
> > < This is certainly very noticeable. Could you find any apparent
> reason like logging nearby or new construction in the locality etc? >
> >
> > Birdsong is down noticeably in my immediate neighborhood this
> year due to the presence in one of my tall pines of a new family of
> red-tail hawks. The adult pair & 3 juveniles are feeding on the
> smaller species & have driven off our normally gregarious & raucous
> crows. The hawks make up for the relative quiet by providing a
> boisterous feeding ritual several times a day. The youths are
> exploring the neighborhood, flying further from the nest each day.
> They are magnificent & awe-inspiring, and it is truly a gift to
> have such a primal life force choose my home to be their home, a
> mere 15 minutes from downtown Los Angeles.
> >
> > Scott Fraser
> >
> >
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