Interesting little follow up in regards to the annual bird count was on the local radio, they said that we are having a low bird count year, now I could have told you that this was the case on the farm, I am down to my regular crows, about 6 blue Jays’, my regular wood peckers , a couple pairs of wild doves, my flock of wild Pigeons and maybe a dozen small birds max, normally I have 5 to 8 x more birds then this.

What I did find interesting is that this is a whole area wide trend, last year’s bird count was the second lowest on record, and this year while being twice as many as last year was also very low. 

Now they did talk about the reason, and if you thought “globe warming” when you read the above, that is the not the answer, it turns out its a natural cycle of the tree’s in that some years they produce tons of seeds/fruit and the birds stay and some years they are lean and some, or in this case most of the birds decided to head south for the past two years.

Thank goodness for my turkey’s and their singing in the barns.. its such a lovely sound and they are always so happy to see you..