Lagging behind already!
Considerably in front of me
I give you a month, Jos!
Till mid February only? I can confidently say you will be 30 or 40 or more species in front by then. My tally will only statt roaong significantly in March.
I suspect the same will be true here, too, if even late February when blackbirds begin to liven up the migration scene.
It's been terribly slow this winter, especially with chickadees and titmice. I used to have 2-4 titmice and 2-3 chickadees visit each week, and this winter I had ONE chickadee and 0 titmice... The area Christmas Bird Count has shown troubling results as well, even with poor weather on count day.
Perhaps they’ve been tempted away by a neighbour with a more attractive feeder spread? Happened to me a few Winters back...no such thing as loyalty I’m afraid.
Till mid February only? I can confidently say you will be 30 or 40 or more species in front by then. My tally will only statt roaong significantly in March.
The concern for me at any rate birdmeister, is subscribing to the notion that no two years are the same, and having experienced as such, might mask any real tipping point should one occur, albeit eventually the status quo would be confirmed one way or the other. This is compounded by age, the longer one’s been Birding, the greater the experience of contractions and additions one can draw on, and as we all know global warming is certainly the “mover and shaker” in our post industrial world....time will tell I guess.
PS...It’s been relatively quiet so far (Autumn/Winter) this side of the pond too.
Cheers