Just wondering if anyone else has noticed a shortage of flying critters.. Did i eradicate all the ones near me.(nonsense) ? I haven't seen any starlings,crows, hosp, around my area in quiet some time. (Except for the shopping centers which are full of them)I also have a bunch of cotton aphids this year that did some damage to the trees nearby. Maybe that's the culprit. It used to be fun protecting my song birds, now not so much as they too have disappeared.
Quote from: DMR214 on September 15, 2021, 12:15:46 PMQuote from: DMR214 on September 15, 2021, 12:15:46 PMJust wondering if anyone else has noticed a shortage of flying critters.. Did i eradicate all the ones near me.(nonsense) ? I haven't seen any starlings,crows, hosp, around my area in quiet some time. (Except for the shopping centers which are full of them)I also have a bunch of cotton aphids this year that did some damage to the trees nearby. Maybe that's the culprit. It used to be fun protecting my song birds, now not so much as they too have disappeared. in addition to that THIS has become a bigger problem by far than DDT ever was! link; And this is a danger to Loads of different life forms. Potentially US as the neuro toxin is present in all parts of the plant it is likely being cosumed by humans of all ages in our food products.
Quote from: DMR214 on September 15, 2021, 12:15:46 PMJust wondering if anyone else has noticed a shortage of flying critters.. Did i eradicate all the ones near me.(nonsense) ? I haven't seen any starlings,crows, hosp, around my area in quiet some time. (Except for the shopping centers which are full of them)I also have a bunch of cotton aphids this year that did some damage to the trees nearby. Maybe that's the culprit. It used to be fun protecting my song birds, now not so much as they too have disappeared. in addition to that THIS has become a bigger problem by far than DDT ever was! link; And this is a danger to Loads of different life forms. Potentially US as the neuro toxin is present in all parts of the plant it is likely being cosumed by humans of all ages in our food products.
Same here. Also a lack of insects (food source). Drought?
Sparrows and starlings ban from back yard. They seem to be doing fine our front on the street lol. The bully of the backyard white wing dove they throw a mean wing elbow. Blue jays busy raiding the pecan tree since daylight. Had a pair of Baltimore Orioles moving about the pecan tree.