Thanks Ladies for your comments. We had the barn swallows but they left just days before the storm. We had the earthquake and the storm within days of each other. It was crazy.
We still have the trees (we have a Christmas Tree Farm) and the other trees and bushes here. We lost six old locust but that is all. I am praying I get some of my winter birds back.
I have been feeding the tropical bird leftovers to the outside birds all summer to try and get them back. The doves and sparrows and a few black birds (gone now) starlings, crappy birds, are here but very few. Buzzards by the dozen. I keep thinking they are looking for my old butt to be laying out on the deck but I refuse to feed them.
I ain't ready yet.
Well, I bought 160 lbs of bird seed for my kids and I to put in the feeders. I can only hope they find us again. It is strange, too, usually this time of year the Canadian Geese and the Snow Geese begin to move, Nothing. I have not seen many at all....not that I care becasue they make such a mess, but the absence of those flying over is scary. We live just about 20 miles inland from the ocean and usually the bird population is heavy. One lonely catbird and one blue jay are here once in awhile. We will see what happens in the coming months.
Thanks again for your help.
Keep on feeding those backyard birds.
