i have written to several caedes members about this and thought i would put it up as a general topic.
i visit a wildlife refuge for most of my photos. for the past 3 years i have seen blue and green heron, egrets daily and a nesting owl and ospreys and even a bald eagle there. i noticed back in december that the populations that i have become used to were thinning out. now it is late march and i see none of these animals. by this time in the spring i should be seeing FLOCKS of robins and red winged blackbirds. some are around but definitely not in flocks.
las tuesday i saw my first red tailed hawk of this season. he was perched on a lower limb of an undergrowth tree. these birds are usually perched high up in a tall tree (looking for food). very strange.
i talked with my father in law tonight. he lives in florida. he says all of the opreys and eagles nests and owls are gone from his preserve too.
am i an alarmist?? i live near philadelphia. i would like to here if these problems exist in other parts of the country.
i'm sorry i had to write this but i would like to know.