Ice Storm Bird Deaths (1 Viewer)

[Loyer]

In south west Ontario (Chatham) we had a huge ice storm (ie: freezing rain) a week ago.

In the past, I had dozens of Finches, many Cardinals and some Chickadees coming to the feeder. Enough to need to refill the black oil sunflower feeders each day.

Since the storm there are almost no birds at the feeder.

Would the ice storm have killed most of them ?

 

[Andy Adcock]

In south west Ontario (Chatham) we had a huge ice storm (ie: freezing rain) a week ago.

In the past, I had dozens of Finches, many Cardinals and some Chickadees coming to the feeder. Enough to need to refill the black oil sunflower feeders each day.

Since the storm there are almost no birds at the feeder.

Would the ice storm have killed most of them ?

Birds are better at forecasting the weather than we are, maybe they just moved in advance of the storm?

 

[Loyer]

After many weeks still a very small number of birds at the feeder. If they avoided the 1000 mile wide storm front, they may have stayed were they ended up.
I still think most died in the storm.