Where have the birds gone?

Hi, I've been seeing a lot less birds the past few weeks and expected to see them back today with the snow. Is there something going on with the birds - I usually have blue jays, cardinals, chickadees mostly but the only ones here this morning are the juncoes. The last bag of black-oiled sunflower seeds we bought look a little brownish, could they be bad? They came from Centerra in Munson and I wondered if anyone else has said anything about them. Please let me know if you have any ideas. If there is no bird disease going around, I'll try replacing the seeds. Thanks for your help.

I don’t know why birds disappear from people’s feeders sometimes. Maybe something in the surrounding habitat has changed, or because the weather has been mild these past couple winters, the birds are finding their own food; maybe the seed could be bad; or maybe a combination of some or all of the above.

-Naturalist Linda Gilbert

Why do birds
Suddenly disappear
Even if
Seeds are here

Just like me
They long to feed
Somewhere new

But seriously, I am on board with what Linda said.

-Naturalist Andy Avram