Had a wonderful weekend at the camp and really enjoyed the cooler temps. Late Friday evening while sitting in out outdoor screened area we heard the unmistakable sound of specks, first for me this fall. They went over the camp and continued south. When I walked out of the door early yesterday morning I was greeted by the sounds (KAK--KAK KAK - KAK) of gadwall just to the south of the camp working some awesome marsh ponds. I stood there for a while watching as several flocks cupped and landed there.
After loading up tools and other material Blake and I made it to the blind around 7:45. We got to watch several flocks of BW teal, low and high level,coming from the north. We did hear and see a few gadwal as well. We were very involved in the work after that and really didn't pay much attention to what was happening around us. We also staged the pirogue in it's winter home location and placed the crab crabs in the pond, sitting there ready for us to bait next weekend.
Blake and I dug up and moved several large, heavy bundles of of what I call "whip" from an area 100 or so yards across the pond from the new blind location. This seemed much easier years to do many years ago....WHEW! I'm sore.
This was how we left it a couple of weeks ago....
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...and this is how it looks today. The water is still above what I'd call our normal level and I'll get to fluff up the remaining whip as the water recedes. I sure hope these grass bundles survive and take root, cause I really don't want to do this again. I think we dug up and transported a 10' x 10' piece of marsh.
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This is a view of the blind from our west pond. I'm really excited to get this season underway.
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We walked out of the door early this morning to a wonderful show, as wave, after wave, after wave of ducks we're coming from the north. This we watched for about a half hour or so as we packed up to head home. I pulled the binos from the truck and found most to be BW, but I did see a few flocks of bigger ducks. I would image most of these BW we saw will be in South America in the not to distant future.