Birds, bees and fruit trees - what's happening??

[DeDukshyn]

For where I am (interior of BC, Canada) this year has been a bit different here as well, but not too out of the ordinary. I have seen more native bees (bumblebees and carpenter bees notably), and somewhat less honeybees than last year (but there was a lot last year). Not a lot of butterflies or moths this year, nor mosquitos or other small flies. Dragonflies were very late this year, not emerging until mid July, which was weird - but maybe they were waiting for some heat which came late. A few cicadas and a few crickets, fairly normal, but years ago there used to be millions of crickets singing all night - now you are lucky if you hear them at all.

As far as birds go, I have never seen so many birds and such variety in my life here. My cat is having a heyday (loves hunting, and eats most of what he kills). Woodpeckers are everywhere, robins also seem to have dwindled, but the often do go south early, I have found. So many sparrows and chickadees, warblers, flickers, even bald eagles - so many bald eagles this year. Doves seem absent this year compared to last couple years, but they were never around here when I was younger. Swallows have come back after being absent for many years.

Weather was very cold and very wet up until the beginning of July (a bit unusual), then it turned hot and dry for July and most of August - its fairly seasonal right now.

Other things I noticed is a lot of bats this year, but they were out late as well... stupid cat was having a heyday with those as well (made me cringe a bit thinking of rabies). Deer are everywhere, probably some eating apples off the tree right now in the back yard. Frogs / toads seemed mostly absent this year - also a bit odd as I live by a lake.

EDIT to add: On fruit trees, the apples are doing well again this year, but they seem to be not as large as last year. I picked about 75 lbs last year, and about 25 lbs went to the animals, this year I expect similar but a little less perhaps.

[bobme]

Thanks DeDukshyn. I have not seen many, if any toads this year either. And I also live across the road by a lake. Frogs were loud this spring, but not now. As far as crickets go, I have not seen, or heard any this year, and they are usually very noisy this time of year also.

For me anyway, the sound of frogs, and crickets, is very soothing, and good music to fall asleep with.

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by bobme (here)
And as Bill Ryan stated, no rain for forty days? If that happened here, I would need to rent a compressor & a jackhammer to dig a two foot deep hole in the soil!

No rain for 46 days. But it rained on the 47th day — at last!! — a full half an inch. That was enough to get the frogs singing at the tops of their voices.

(I almost never get to see the frogs, but it's great to know they're all hanging in there. )

[yiolas]

I'm in Cyprus - Eastern Mediterranean region
I have had the worst summer growing season yet. Temperatures over 38c since June. I have not seen any bees since March. No butterflies to speak of. My corn cobs have dried up on the stalks with half produced kernels. Cucumbers start out great, but then stop growing. Tomato plants grown outside have all dried up. Tomatoes grown in a shaded greenhouse produced until June, then dried up. We have chemtrails all the time here. This is very concerning.

[shaberon]

Posted by Johnnycomelately (here)
Internet says most of Ecuador is in the southern hemisphere, which makes it mostly winter there now.

Tropical regions usually have two seasons, wet and dry.

With it being on the Pacific, then, that is a bit telling, although I'm not sure how Atlantic cooling would directly effect, for example, Michigan. Europe and just the U. S. east coast would make intuitive sense. Usually, anecdotal evidence is horrid, but it looks like we are getting a very similar response from places that are nowhere near each other.

[Johan (Keyholder)]

It is maybe not an anomaly, but it is very unusual.

We have a kingfisher in our garden (there is a large pond with a lot of fish and wells).

The only other place in the country I saw one, was nearby a river in the Ardennes, where less people live.

Now, today, my friend saw a "small kingfisher butterfly" in the garden. This is a butterfly that is rare over here and normally never is spotted. Closest area would be somewhere in Holland. So, that's 'twice' kingfisher.

https://pixabay.com/photos/small-kingfisher-butterfly-4753876

[Johan (Keyholder)]

Thanks for the picture Bill!

[Hermoor]

I've just heard the first flock of geese flying off south. It's about a month earlier than usual.

I guess they have decided to bail out early from the Scottish Highlands due to months of unseasonably, historically bad weather. It's been uncommonly cold, wet and overcast here since late May and I'm sick of it.

There have hardly been any butterflies and moths here all 'summer'. Ditto for bees and wasps. And dragonflies too. The midges are as bad as ever. The ticks are very numerous, but still uncommonly small for this time of year.

There are far fewer small birds to be seen and I've yet to see a golden eagle or an osprey this 'summer' too. That's never happened before.

Something is messing with our weather really badly. It's anything but natural. I've been an avid outdoorsman my entire life and I've never known anything like it.

[Hermoor]

By far my biggest impression of 2024 thus far is of it being the year when the parasites went nuts with their weather modification programmes.

The weather in the Scottish Highlands has been FUBAR since late May. It's still uncommonly cold, wet and overcast here. As a nine year old I could already interpret the weather competently and knew every type of cloud in the sky from cumulonimbus to cirrus. At least 5 days a week I can't discern any cloud types in the sky. It's just a blanket, overcast mass of some weird grey blancmange looking crap. It makes me bloody furious.

Here is a farmer from the south of England commenting on his observations, notably a glaring lack of insects and very poor grass and crop growth.


Source: https://www.bitchute.com/video/C7cowk24kH92


Another English farmer deduces that it's been the worst harvest on record. He has many serious concerns including food security and UK farming being pushed to the brink of collapse.


Source: https://www.bitchute.com/video/7cNUmktYM9F6/

[bobme]

Thanks for all the info every one.


As Hermoor, and others here I always was,and still am, an avid outdoors man. Way to many people do not notice anything about nature,or what is so strange about it this year.

I also have also noticed the weeds in the lake are at least three times taller,and thicker than any other year. I have fished it for fifty plus years.

[Bill Ryan]

[onawah]

I use raw honey, usually organic, but I have noticed over the past months that ants and flies that used to be very interested in the honey I always have sitting out on my kitchen counter are not at all interested in it anymore, even when there are drips of it freely available, whereas they used to go for it so much I had to keep it completely sealed up and any drips or spills cleaned up immediately at all times.
I have no idea why this is.