It was a good year for oak trees.

I don't know if we're seeing a cyclic peak in acorn production, or if the summer weather was just particularly good for oak trees, or both, but there are acorns everywhere this fall.

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Acorns

Acorns by the hundreds, thousands, possibly tens of thousands.

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Acorns

A good summer for acorns is a good winter for squirrels, I guess.

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Chickadees

And the feeders will make it a good winter for the bird.

Comments:

Really wonderful pictures, especially first two.

Posted by Jirka Kosek on 15 Oct 2007 @ 08:36am UTC #

the acorns are deep in Northern California too. old time locals say it means a wet winter, the trees know.

Posted by Jeff Suttor on 18 Oct 2007 @ 12:29am UTC #

Florida has seen a bumper crop of acorns, too--after we were buried in oak flowers this past spring! Any botanists out there who might know why?

Great photos.

Posted by S, J. Geil on 30 Nov 2007 @ 08:31pm UTC #

Last year (07) we had an abundance of acorns here in North Jersey. Followed by a bitterly cold winter.This fall, hardly any. What is that a sign of?

Posted by Kasey on 16 Nov 2008 @ 11:46pm UTC #
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