Letters To The Editor – April 2022

Birder Was Missing Fall Doves, Songbirds

Dear GON,

As I write this email on Dec. 20, I have not seen any doves at the farm I have permission to hunt on. As a matter of fact, I have not had any migratory songbirds in my backyard this fall.

I am a “birder” and have multiple feeders in my backyard on the river. This time of the year, I am constantly filling the feeders. I wonder if any of your other GON readers are experiencing this?

David Earl Tyre, Jesup

Editor’s Note: David, great observation and we appreciate you sending your discovery. So far, we’ve heard a few complaints, but not a consistent grumble from dove hunters or bird watchers about migratory bird numbers being down this fall or winter.

Mike and Carol Shirley, of Clarkesville, sent in this picture and said, “We had this beautiful white squirrel visit during the January 2022 snow!”

GON Social

GON Facebook: Coby Farrington, 20, of Melbourne, Fla., with a unique Emanuel County piebald from Oct. 22.

GON Facebook: Dillan Conner, 21, of Sylvester, killed this buck in Dougherty County on Jan. 3.

GON Facebook: Matthew Stephens, of Bowdon, harvested this snow buck in Barrow County on Jan. 16.

GON Instagram: DeAnne Thompson with her first deer ever. It was taken during the 2021 season in Newton County.

GON Twitter: JustJohn @FishMiner tweeted, “The ants did their job in three months. I’ll clean up the skull, paint it and Euro mount it. Emmanuel Co. GA 11/13/21 @GONMagazine.”

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