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The Birds FINALLY Came with the Cold #8169503 02/14/21 05:14 PM
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I took five shots at our pond this year. 2 Canada geese and 3 ringnecks. I mean it was a brutal year. Went out yesterday and there must’ve been 60 - 70 ducks on the pond including gadwalls, widgeons, pintails (which I’ve never seen on there), mallards, redheads, and ringnecks. A smorgasbord.

Seems like they need to align the season with the weather!

Re: The Birds FINALLY Came with the Cold [Re: bassfishinglawyer] #8169545 02/14/21 05:43 PM
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Think they align seasons with migration patterns. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I believe migration patterns have shifted more to where they can find food, shelter, etc.


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Originally Posted by Cajun Raider
Think they align seasons with migration patterns. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I believe migration patterns have shifted more to where they can find food, shelter, etc.


This!

Re: The Birds FINALLY Came with the Cold [Re: bassfishinglawyer] #8169766 02/14/21 08:30 PM
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I heard a white wing dove this morning in the back yard for the first time ever.


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Re: The Birds FINALLY Came with the Cold [Re: bassfishinglawyer] #8169792 02/14/21 08:45 PM
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Heck, everything frozen here now. Birds are going to have to hit the coast to find open water.


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Re: The Birds FINALLY Came with the Cold [Re: bassfishinglawyer] #8169875 02/14/21 09:27 PM
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As it goes every year

Re: The Birds FINALLY Came with the Cold [Re: bassfishinglawyer] #8171033 02/15/21 06:09 PM
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I guess the ice eaters in the flooded corn fields can't keep up with the cold weather up the line.

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Originally Posted by Delta Duckman
I guess the ice eaters in the flooded corn fields can't keep up with the cold weather up the line.


Apparently you've never owned an ice eater.

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great thing about having a deep pond - unless the cold comes after the season that is.

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Found a dead gadwall in the hole I broke open on the pond for the horses. I wonder what killed it?

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Must've been 300 birds in the open water on our pond Saturday (maybe 1/3 acre hole) - widgeons, canvasbacks, redheads, pintails, mallards, ringnecks, buffleheads (had never seen one until then) - might even be missing one. Did get to see a few try to land on the ice laugh

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Originally Posted by Delta Duckman
I guess the ice eaters in the flooded corn fields can't keep up with the cold weather up the line.


1 Feb of each year the flooded fields are drained, so they can get the land dried out for replanting.


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