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where have they gone? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter ruffdog64
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Two things come to mind.
In the winter tits of all types form large flocks that move around en masse in a local area seeking food, you might have one of these flocks decend on your feeders for a few minutes then not be seen again for a few days.
Also there is a lot of short range migration that goes on. "Your" birds might have upped sticks and flown south their repalcements from further north might still be en route or waiting for the weather for change where they are. The robin "that is always at the bottom of the garden", might be a Scandivian robin during the winter whilst the robin that is there in the summer is in the south of France.
In the winter tits of all types form large flocks that move around en masse in a local area seeking food, you might have one of these flocks decend on your feeders for a few minutes then not be seen again for a few days.
Also there is a lot of short range migration that goes on. "Your" birds might have upped sticks and flown south their repalcements from further north might still be en route or waiting for the weather for change where they are. The robin "that is always at the bottom of the garden", might be a Scandivian robin during the winter whilst the robin that is there in the summer is in the south of France.
Jaff
Registered Member
Couldn't have put it better. :t:
