I work outside every day that isn’t raining here in San Antonio, Texas. The neighbor’s Ligustrum tree overhangs my drive. The tree is full of fruit now (4-1-2020). Last week a small flock of waxwings arrived and ate some of the berries. The flock was maybe 20 birds. They would eat, leave for another tree, come back to eat some more.
Typically the flock size is 50 or more birds. They will come to this tree numerous times a day for a couple weeks. Until the berries are gone. This event has happened every year that I’ve lived here. But so far not this year. Now I’m noticing the berries beginning to fall to the ground in clusters. But minimal to no waxwings.
The other 2 birds I pay close attention to are house sparrows and purple martins. I have a Martin house in my yard and only a few martins have visited. The sparrows are very aggressive and attack the martins. They also fight off other sparrows trying to nest in a compartment. But only one pair of sparrows have started a nest. And no martins.
My concern is that something has changed causing a severe reduction in local and migratory birds in this area. Possibly 5G? Or??
Anybody else seeing this type of change in the local bird population?
I work outside every day that isn’t raining here in San Antonio, Texas. The neighbor’s Ligustrum tree overhangs my drive. The tree is full of fruit now (4-1-2020). Last week a small flock of waxwings arrived and ate some of the berries. The flock was maybe 20 birds. They would eat, leave for another tree, come back to eat some more.
Typically the flock size is 50 or more birds. They will come to this tree numerous times a day for a couple weeks. Until the berries are gone. This event has happened every year that I’ve lived here. But so far not this year. Now I’m noticing the berries beginning to fall to the ground in clusters. But minimal to no waxwings.
The other 2 birds I pay close attention to are house sparrows and purple martins. I have a Martin house in my yard and only a few martins have visited. The sparrows are very aggressive and attack the martins. They also fight off other sparrows trying to nest in a compartment. But only one pair of sparrows have started a nest. And no martins.
My concern is that something has changed causing a severe reduction in local and migratory birds in this area. Possibly 5G? Or??
Anybody else seeing this type of change in the local bird population?