@engineer,
Well the worm will always be the victim. The late worm will come up after a rain at a later time than the early worm. So the late worm has more time to enjoy the dirt more, so to speak.
So the late , more fattened worm, will get eaten by the late fat bird, who is just lazy to be early.
Everyone wins.
So it's never too late, until you're dead of course.