2020-2021 Species Log...

[Rick]

2020-2021 SEPTEMBER TEAL: 374 blue-wing teal and 2 green-wing teal = 376 total

2020-2021 FIRST SPLIT:

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 7

Gadwall - 62

Green-wing Teal - 42

Mallard - 21

Mottled - 16 (1 banded)

Pintail - 15

Red Head - 2

Ringneck - 45

Scaup - 5

Shoveller - 38

Wigeon - 13

Wood Duck - 17

2020-2021 First Split Total - 335 ducks

[DComeaux]

Did you not take BW during the regular season first split?

[Rick]

Did you not take BW during the regular season first split?

Good eye. They were numerically second on our straps.

[Rick]

ADDENDUM TO FIRST SPLIT LIST: - Blue-wing teal - 52

[BGkirk]

Mottled number sticks out to me. Maybe the norm for you though


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[DComeaux]

Did you not take BW during the regular season first split?

Good eye. They were numerically second on our straps.

That's what I was looking for and didn't see the those.

[Rick]

(housekeeping)

2020-2021 FIRST SPLIT:

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 7

Blue-wing Teal -52

Gadwall - 62

Green-wing Teal - 42

Mallard - 21

Mottled - 16 (1 banded)

Pintail- 15

Red Head - 2

Ringneck - 45

Scaup - 5

Shoveller - 38

Wigeon - 13

Wood Duck - 17

2020-2021 First Split Total - 335 ducks

[Rick]

Mottled number sticks out to me. Maybe the norm for you though

Believe it appreciably above our par, but the real surprise was how much many of them acted like migrant mallards. Which suggests there were more travelers than usual among them. But while the only banded one was, in fact, one of a pair flying with mallards, I was told it was banded "locally" by the father of the fellow who kept the band. Hope to learn where "locally" is if the son returns with him second split.

Fairly sure last year's mottled take was the mudhole's record by a large margin (only shot one the year prior to it) with 22, but we had so few other birds that I worked a lot harder at tripping the locals than I have yet this go-round.

But the biggest stand-out to me is how mallards and grays have swapped prominence on our straps.

[Rick]

(Grandson living with us has COVID, so it turns out I'll not be taking vets next weekend and am done for the year.)

2020-2021 SECOND SPLIT

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 20

Blue-winged Teal - 27

Fulvous Whistling Ducks - 4

Gadwall - 26

Green-winged Teal - 46

Mallards - 32

Mottleds - 3

Pintails - 37

Ringnecks - 11

Scaup - 6

Shovellers - 43

Wigeon - 4

Wood Duck - 1

Speckle-bellied Goose - 1

Second Split totals - 260 ducks and 1 goose

[Rick]

2020-2021 REGULAR SEASON TOTALS

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 27

Blue-winged Teal - 79

Fulvous Whistling Ducks - 4

Gadwall - 88

Green-winged Teal - 88

Mallards - 53

Mottleds - 19

Pintails - 52

Red Heads - 2

Ringnecks - 56

Scaup - 11

Shovellers - 81

Wigeon - 17

Wood Ducks - 18

Speckle-bellied Goose - 1

Regular Season total - 595 ducks and 1 goose

ALL INCLUSIVE 2020-2031 SEASON TOTALS - 971 ducks (1 banded) and 1 goose

[Rick]

Mighty discouraging to see shovellers not just more prominent than mallards in the above for the first time ever but so much so. Not to mention mallards running sixth in our bag, instead of their prior norm second - or some dry seasons: first.

Believe our previous mallard low was third in 2018-2019, when blue-wings took a first ever regular season first and our usual top birds, green-wings, were second.

[Deltaman]

Looks like Gadwalls shared some of that Mallard space on the strap too

[Duck Engr]

Hope you and the Mrs manage to dodge covid from the grandson. Keep us updated.

[Rick]

Counted guns and ran our birds-per number. Came up with:

September Teal - 5.9 BPG

1st Split - 4.4 BPG

2nd Split - 2.5 BPG

Regular Season Combined Total - 3.3 BPG


If nothing else, the exercise left me looking forward to September...

[Ricky Spanish]

Hope you and the Mrs manage to dodge covid from the grandson. Keep us updated.

Everyone is isolated. The risk is from my daughter.
Exposed at work she's a staffer in a covid ward.
So far nothing.
I think we all had it November 2019

Each chemo knocks her down a little harder. Longer recovery each go.
8 more. Won't be over til may.

[Ducaholic]

Counted guns and ran our birds-per number. Came up with:

September Teal - 5.9 BPG

1st Split - 4.4 BPG

2nd Split - 2.5 BPG

Regular Season Combined Total - 3.3 BPG


If nothing else, the exercise left me looking forward to September...

If Comeaux could shoot we might have raised it a tenth or so...lol