So there's been no noted early late or unusual numbers noted in any other migration other than those among seed eaters? Mary, Greene County On Nov 3, 2007, at 8:49 AM, Paul Gardner wrote: > --- Marie Schatz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> So I wonder, if there seems to be an irruption, and/or early >> migration and/or > higher number of birds coming further south - is that more about > past and > current weather/food conditions, or does it indicate a bad winter > on the way? > Or both? >> I thought a mild winter was predicted? > > The birds move south as a response to the inadequacy of their > current food > sources. In particular many of Canada's seed-producing tree species > didn't > produce much of a crop this year. The winter finch forecast > contains some > details: > > http://www.ofo.ca/reports%20and%20articles/winterfinches.php > > Happy birding, > Paul > > Paul Gardner > Columbus, OH > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]