I helped a buddy do a plot about a week ago with Buckwheat and Peas. We planted it the day before it called for 80 per chance of a good rain. Of course it never came then it took 4 more days to rain, luckily. We got good rains since, but he said there was lots of birds( lots of crows)in the plot prior to it raining. I lightly disced the Peas and just broadcasted the Buckwheat ( obviously sprayed prior to kill existing field). It’s been about a week and he said there are definitely some bare spots. I told him to just over seed the bare spots with Buckwheat. I don’t think the problem was from missing from broadcasting. Not a big deal cuz it’s just a summer planting. I’ve never had a problem with birds in all my years doing plots, but I’ve read how people have had some problems with them. My questions are, is there one seed the birds like more than others that you really must make sure you cover when planting? I’ll be planting the LC Mix in late August to early Sept here in Connecticut and also will be doing a brassica . I never covered my brassicas, clovers or GHFR. I just broadcast and run my cultipacker over them. As for the Peas, Oats, Rye, I always cover and maybe the GHFR too this year . Will the brassicas be ok or do birds like those seeds as well? What have people done to combat the birds? Increase seeding rates? If it rained when expected, I prob wouldn’t be posting this. I know brassicas, oats and rye are very fast to germinate too as well as Buckwheat so if I plant the day before a rain or day of, I should be fine. I’d still like to see what people do who can’t plant the day of or before. Any input would be great.