A Lack of Life
Posted: Wed 4 January, 2023 Filed under: Domestic, Weirdness 2 Comments »When I moved here, there were two horrible globes of fake-box hanging outside the front window. (Just…. don’t ask. I don’t know.)
I replaced them with two bird feeders, because… well, it’s nice/good to feed birds.
Only it turns out that this area is weird – there seem to be absolutely no small birds in the vicinity at all. Yes, we’ve got pigeons, crows, and magpies. Occasionally starlings. But nothing else, no robins, sparrows, blackbirds, tits (ho ho) or anything. It’s very strange.
I’m leaving the feeders out for the moment, but now I’m aware of this weirdness I notice it even more, and I’ve been looking out more to see if I see anything.
As yet, nope.
I’ve no idea why this might be – the area isn’t chock-full of cats or anything. It just… doesn’t seem to have any birds.
Small gardens and no greenery? I think most small birds have fairly small territories so if there’s nowhere close to nest that could be why.
I have a feeling also that with the feeders it depends what time of year you first put them up and when / whether they find them
The lack of nesting is a possibility – although there’s a number of trees and bushes around, and not many cats, so… I don’t know.
We’ll see what happens. It’ just something I suddenly noticed once the feeders were up, though.