The bird report for SOCAL this year doesn't look good at all. Many of the fields did not get planted due to a lack of funding. The grants that are normally available for organizations like Desert Wildlife Unlimited, and others, were never even opened. The bird numbers are well below last season in many public land areas. Some think the birds made an early migration, others think they went north for longer because of the heat, others think because we actually had some rain that they are scattered because there's actually food for them to eat in many different locations that normally wouldn't hold any food/water............. who knows. I'm just hoping to have time to get out and hunt.