Low Number of Birds

Observation: I am not sure if this is being observed where it is warmer than the Golovin area, but near Camp Kitchavik we usually have numerous species of small birds on the lower lands with many nesting by now. Four days ago this spring in the lower lands near our camp, there are about 10% of usual numbers of birds - I am not sure if it is just too cold yet for them to migrate into our area, I will check again in a couple days or so - but I might wait until we have days that have temperatures in the upper 50's. It has been a cold spring, the ice in the Golovin Lagoon and Bay is still in, although with binoculars we just saw some bigger cracks about 8 miles out. in the Bay. In the previous 10 springs that I have been here, the ice was already out by the end of May. We are curious if this is an observation in other coastal communities. Toby Anungazuk Jr.