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Over Thanksgiving I did see a flock of about 25 Great Blue Herons. Amazing. Only seen one or two at a time on long Huron River trips in my entire lifetime. That will probably never happen again.
I keep a couple feeders with sunflower seeds, suet, and nyger seed especially for the fall migration. There are a flock of about ten yellow canaries in the area which love feeding on fall cone flower seeds. A few downy woodpeckers, red-headed finches, chickadees, bluejays, cardinals and occasional nut-hatches. Not many though. No pliliated woodpeckers for many years. No tufted titmouses yet either. The english sparrow don't seem quite as aggressive towards other visiting birds lately.
The destruction can probably be attributed mostly to a few farming supply companies. Also lack of habitat. Other effects might by magnetic interference from devices we use etc. I don't know. It's tragic and permanent.
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