There are still some corn fields not harvested yet, but even though the corn stalks might be standing yet, there are many bare cobs where the various critters have helped themselves to a snack of corn kernels. The yield will continue to go down as more cobs are eaten by hungry critters.
Bare Corn Cob
The sweet corn is ripening as August days roll on into the late summertime, which bring out the raccoons and deer to feast on it and sometimes they don’t leave much to harvest. And even the field corn that is harvested will have critters going after it, like squirrels and even birds, like this blackbird stealing kernels of corn.
Kernel Thief
With the colder days, the squirrels are a constant nuisance on my bird feeder and there was no close corn field nearby this year for them to eat cob corn so they like my bird seed instead.
Corn for Squirrels
