They're gone! Vanished. It's like they disappeared off the face of the earth--just like that. Don't know where they came from or where they went, but my neighbor and I have not seen them anywhere in our daily travels for the last 5 days. Now all the ground feeders can pick around in peace again. I lost some pods but most of my high priority pods are OK and I'll still have plenty of seeds to keep me busy--if they don't come back.