The Harbinger of Winter Has Arrived

This morning I awoke to wave after wave of Geese on the move, all heading South. The noise was so loud that Riz was running around in the pasture looking up not knowing whether to chase them or bark at them. We see this migration every year right before the first strong winter coldfront moves in - it is indicative of very cold weather. In all there were 8 waves of Geese, spaced just minutes apart. In each wave there were 6-8 gaggle all flying in separate formations. I couldn't get a good average count of how many Geese were in each gaggle, but in total there were easily a couple of thousand Geese. 

The birds have been very active this last week as well. They have gone through about 4# of seeds in just 2 days.  Mostly I've seen Cardinals, Sparrow, Indigo Buntings, Woodpeckers... It's amazing how much these birds are eating - another indication of what type of weather is heading our way. 

This weekend is supposed to be awesome, so if anyone has any spare time and wants to come out and work on the woods, please feel free. I'm wanting to go out and take down the 2 dead trees at the OSO area today while the weather is nice.  It's a beautiful day to be outdoors.  Enjoy it!