We are currently not seeing as many as we normally do either. But our grass is just coming up now. In some places it still has not started yet. Normally once the clover starts coming the birds will all be there. What I am seeing is that they are staying back around 100 to 150 yards from the fields for some reason..

Any ways I knew that birds will go back deep in the woods with there young. But, I had always thought of them as liking the edges for the spring ritual.
Thanks guys for your input..