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For those that want to take this off on a tangent, go somewhere else with your childish comments.
I preface my post like this because it is that time of year!

For those that follow the trend or just have feeders in the yard, how many have noticed a significant drop in the bird population?
Some have become almost non existent.

Is this just one result of that severe freeze last spring?

I’ve got a 25 lb of bird seed, I’ll fill my feeders when I get settled tomorrow. I had a couple dozen cardinals in Sept/Oct when I was sitting outside, grilling and paying attention more.

Tons of finches and chickadees were wearing out the dried veg and buds on my giant crape myrtle 2 weeks ago

Warm and cold/off and on storms might be pushing numbers around and visual observation

Its dem [bleep] wind turbines.

We've noticed no drop in bird populations around here. I've got feeders and houses up for them everywhere.

I was waaay down on hummingbirds this summer compared to last year but come to find out, my uncle’s E-Harmony 74 year old 300 lb live-in battle ax had about 10 feeders out cockblocking me on birds. So that shortage was just localized perception
I was getting all the wussy hummers that their asses kicked off her gallon bogart feeders

I don't have a feeder, so I cannot say much other than what I see in passing. Most of the songbirds leave our area by the end of October. One thing I will note is that I have seen Robins the last few years in January and February which is almost unheard of.

We have had a very moderate fall temperature wise so as things cool off we expect to see more activity. We also changed feeders and actually found one the squirrels haven’t figured out how to rob.

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I have noticed fewer birds. I think it took a couple days for them to find it and the birds started feeding

Calling Birdwatcher!!!

There are so many things that can effect what you may or may not be seeing in your yard or local region that don't necessarily mean there is a over all drop of population of any particular species of bird.

Did a neighbor start or stop feeding, has a local farmer changed crops, has a nearby forest been disturbed?

The possible causes are endless for what you be observing.

We aren’t seeing as many, I just thought the neighbors had feeders out.

About the same here.

New research estimates there are between 50 billion and 430 billion birds on Earth.May 17, 2021

7.9 billion people as of November 2021

Not seeing near as many here at the Ranch as in previous years.
And don’t get me started on the local Mourning Dove populations. Pretty much no existent these days.
Much less bobwhite quail.

The failure of the Quail has much to do with flavor.

More to do with fence to fence farming and the introduction of fire ants from SA. Throw in the rampant feral hog population growth and the quail around here were done for.

Been going on for years....

https://www.scientificamerican.com/...s-of-north-american-birds-have-vanished/

Not seeing many in my yard, and less in the woods here. Wife and I hardly saw flocks of geese and ducks. Have a pile of ducks on the creek behind the house though.

Hummingbirds went from a swarm ( way too many to count ) last year to 4 this year.

The blue jays disappeared at the beginning of June and I didn't see any until early Oct. There still aren't near as many as before they disappeared.

I still have a lot of cardinals, chickadees, woodpeckers, tufted titmouse, nuthatch etc.. Yesterday I saw a small flock of cedar waxwings. I haven't seen them in many years.

west nile virus has hit birds pretty bad in parts of the US. Ive read hit the ruffed grouse and raptor populations pretty hard