Bird count

[Horse]

Does anyone have any good news stories on the magratory birds this yr?
We have the least nos ive ever seen. No blue birds, gold finchs no humming birds, purple finchs there were 3 and most yrs 20/30 around feeders 1 flicker only a handful of grass sparrows no warblers ,quite a few ducks and geese ,woodcocks but on average way less birds than ever.
I post this here as I feel that cattlemen are more atuned to nature than dirt farmers.

[gaucho]

Is the weather a factor... we had the fewest number of swans stop over this year than ever however there was also more water for them to hand out at other places, although now we are the wetland paradise in a sea of of canola cowboys

[kato]

I think it's the weather. We've got all the usual suspects back this year, but it seems like they they came a bit late. Hummingbirds just got here last week, about a week later than usual.

[burnt]

We have lots of birds of every kind this spring but are horribly overrun with grackles and starlings. They just cover everything in bird crap.