Post by rowanberry on Sept 23, 2021 6:28:39 GMT
I've been checking the oak trees near us, and there's so sign of any acorns yet.
From what I can remember last autumn was a mast year- the ground was covered with them, so I'm wondering if this is going to be a fallow one?
The jays are starting to cache their monkey nuts, I noticed a few days ago.
They not doing it very well so far- they're just sticking them in the hedge where the first squirrel who comes along will find them.
Maybe it's just a half-hearted sort of going through the motion for now- during the last fallow year they were on that bird table all day, frantically gathering and caching... I couldn't keep up with the supply and demand and had to make a big giant monkeynut bird feeder for them out of a bait bucket and a large plant pot saucer.
I hope I don't have to do that again- it turned into a constant battle trying to keep the squirrels out of it.
From what I can remember last autumn was a mast year- the ground was covered with them, so I'm wondering if this is going to be a fallow one?
The jays are starting to cache their monkey nuts, I noticed a few days ago.
They not doing it very well so far- they're just sticking them in the hedge where the first squirrel who comes along will find them.
Maybe it's just a half-hearted sort of going through the motion for now- during the last fallow year they were on that bird table all day, frantically gathering and caching... I couldn't keep up with the supply and demand and had to make a big giant monkeynut bird feeder for them out of a bait bucket and a large plant pot saucer.I hope I don't have to do that again- it turned into a constant battle trying to keep the squirrels out of it.
