Where do you live? That's important to know.

During summer the birds are molting and growing new feathers and may stay in hiding till they can easily fly. Some are staying with their babies fledging. And some have migrated. You also could have some raptors.

Squirrels are rare this year by me. They come around when the tree nuts are ripe (acorns and hickory nuts.) You may be lucky enough to have some predators nearby that like to eat rodents (hawks, owls, coyotes, foxes, snakes, etc.) Wait till winter and see what returns to your feeders.

There are a lot of seeds and insects out there now for them to eat. Around here we don't put out feeders till freeze because of bears who destroy them.

Eastern Massachusetts

thanks for the info!

I think there are all sorts of things going on around us that we don't always understand. Did you change the type of seed? Did you let the feeders go empty for a little while? I know if I don't fill my hummer feeder up for a few days, it takes a little while for them to come back. With climate change, or whatever you want to call it, things seem to be different and inconsistent to what I'm used to.

Right, climate change. It's called the onset of fall and raptors are moving south.

tj

I brought up climate change because I've become very aware of things being different out here in the country for several years concerning birds/butterflies/migration,etc.

But yes, there are lots of other things right now, like Fall....but some birds are saving up for the cold. We still have raptors here in the midwest, and some stay all winter.