I have been feeding birds the past few years, and I too have noticed their scarcity this year. I have even commented to family members over the past week about how few birds I'm seeing at my feeder. Even though I just recently put out food this year, usually it only takes a couple of days until my feeder is quite busy. Not so this year. I hope our observations are just a temporary glitch and things will return to normal soon.

All the birds are in my yard I guess. We have lots this year. I don't put out bird seed because the squirrels get it, just have water and lots of trees.

I think the birds are on Jenny Craig this year.

I had to read that letter twice. Nowhere did it say that it was Bush's fault. What's going on?

Maybe it's because Greensboro is not as green as it used to be (just drive down Friendly Ave, for instance, or witness the growth of suburbia). Out yonder, in McLeansville, we are still enjoying our red shouldered hawks, jays, cardinals, gold finches, and wrens - even a Pileated Woodpecker when he decides to show himself. But then again we haven't destroyed our woodlands with quite the same greedy, voracious appetite. Watch out, Greensboro, the Ents may be marching soon...

The day before this letter came out, I was commenting on the lack of birds around. Our feeders are full. Pehaps it's just the warmer weather and the availablity of other munchies for our feathered friends to feast upon.