Hi folks!
The cicadas have arrived! As a Canadian, I've always been too far north to experience a periodical cicada emergence, and I am ecstatic to get to see Brood X emerge this spring! Of course, I had to read up on cicadas and learn as much as I could about them--and I realized that there are surprisingly few bird species documented eating periodical cicadas.
To help remedy that, Gene Scarpulla and I put together a short survey that you can access here: https://bit.ly/BirdsEatingCicadas. If you see birds eating cicadas or feeding them to their young, please upload the sightings to our survey form, and we'll summarize the observations in Maryland Birdlife.Â
I can't wait to hear what you see!
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Phil Davis, Secretary
MD/DC Records Committee
2549 Vale Court
Davidsonville, Maryland 21035 USA
301-261-0184
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Great idea, Gabriel! Your survey asks only for 2021 sightings, however I have a vivid memory from 1970 of a House Sparrow picking apart a cicada that was not enjoying the experience.
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The insect noise is indeed amazing, though Carolina Wrens are louder! The maximum cicada volume in our yard has been 82 dB so far. In 2004 they reached 86 dB.
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