Not your connection, I don't think. Seems pretty dead ever since the switch to the new format.

I see some who used to post here on other forums. Not sure why this forum slowed down more than the others but, to be sure, all forms dropped some after the change.

tj

Speaking just for myself, I check this forum every day to see what's been posted and I'll respond to a post if I have something useful to say, but I don't usually initiate a thread here.

My first choice is to post on the New England Gardening forum where we have an ongoing birds, etc. thread (Birds and other mobile features in the garden).

I'll post here if I want really knowledgeable identification from experts such as whwo and tmff but otherwise the people in the regional forum can and will contribute. I also must admit that I'm really put off by the periodic "kill the house sparrows" and "kill the birds nesting on my porch" threads and it disgusts me to read them (I know, the answer is don't read a disgusting thread but I usually do just to see what's being said).

Claire

edit note: I know I'm exaggerating when I say the threads are about killing birds - many of them are aimed at scaring the birds away or otherwise deterring their presence - but too many of them show gratuitous cruelty.

Very true- it has slowed down quite some since the change. I hope posters come back eventually...

I'm not addressing the lack of posters.........but this post made me realize that our property is eerily devoid of birds. I'm mean seriously........I've only seen a couple in the last few weeks, and I usually have tons this time of year. Very disconcerting.

catherinenet: I wonder if the fall hawk migration that is apparently slowing down has anything to do with small bird scarcity. I'm just guessing, but those migrating hawks have to eat somewhere during their journey and the small birds could be in hiding.

Claire

I sure miss them. I just can't believe how few I'm seeing. :(