In another thread, Wood mentions his extremely early snow. It brings up an observation I have. My land is about 50 miles south of the Texas/Oklahoma border. Almost all birds life has decamped, I assume, south for the winter. This just doesn't happen here. We still have temperature in the upper 80's and low 90's. We generally have a fair number of sparrows and other birds year round. I dumped a 5 gallon bucket of bird seed under my front yard feeder instead of filling it. Nothing is messing with it. Went dove hunting yesterday and saw only 4 doves and 3 or 4 crows. We have had our wettest summer on record and only one day over 100 degrees. I thought maybe unseasonably cool weather had sent them south early but I always thought that length of the day influenced their migration patterns. Anyone else seeing similar things?
