After five years of drought conditions, we had a wet winter with lots of rain and snow. As a result, the Oregon white oaks Quercus garryana have a bumper crop after five years of nothing. For the last five years, some corn piles would get you this:
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Not any more--nothing on the corn but doves, band-tailed pigeons, squirrels and coons. And the season opens Saturday. I can only hope the acorns are gone before the season ends.