[Mnbird] Have all birds become Snowbirds?

[GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE]

Our feeders and hanging deer carcass are sustaining all the usual winter suspects . More purple finches this year. Even one all blotchey white, crimson and black .  Sadly this year our first starlings. 
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> On Jan 12, 2015, at 12:17 PM, "Robert Van Siclen" <vansiclenr at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Most years we can barely keep up with the birds eating all of the seeds in our large Droll Yankee feeder, and cannot keep up with the daily emptying of a smaller post feeder, one of those that looks like a little house (or maybe hog feeder).  
> 
> This year, we have seen nary an English Sparrow, much less the usual crowd of Purple Finches, Sparrows of several varieties, Goldfinches, and the daily visit of a Nuthatch or two.  The Juncos are also not cleaning up under the feeders, since no one is scattering seed.
> 
> Location is New Brighton.  I have noticed that I am also not seeing birds in the Arbor Vitae or spruces on our mile dog walks, which are usually alive with mixed flocks of these winter hardy birds.
> 
> Feed is Beisswenger's Cherry Mix seed - a good mix that contains some dried cherries and smells great.  The birds loved this before.  
> 
> I think the sudden and very cold November moved our usual crowd further south.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
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