2021-2022 Species Log:

[Rick]

2021-2022 September Teal: 334 total teal, 329 blue-winged and 5 green-winged

2021-2022 First Split:

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 18

Blue-winged Teal - 37

Gadwall - 14

Goldeneye - 1

Green-winged Teal - 67

Mallards - 20

Mottleds - 15

Pintails - 22

Ringnecks - 35

Scaup - 3

Shovellers - 17

Wigeon - 8

Wood Ducks - 15

Specklebellies - 1

2021-2022 First Split Totals 272 ducks and 1 specklebelly


Just about everything was down from last year's first split.

[Rick]

First split addendum: 3.64 birds per gun

[Rick]

2021-2022 Second Split:

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 47

Blue-winged Teal - 31

Gadwall - 6

Green-winged Teal - 27

Mallards - 8

Mottled - 8

Pintails - 12

Ringnecks - 11

Scaup - 5

Shovelers - 24

Wood Ducks - 6

2021-2022 Second Split Totals: 186 ducks, 3.79 per gun

[Rick]

2021-2022 Third Split:

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 31 (1 banded)

Blue-winged Teal - 20

Fulvous Whistling Duck - 1

Gadwall - 5

Green-winged Teal - 32

Mallard - 9

Mottled - 10

Pintails - 13

Ringnecks - 3

Shovelers - 24 (1 banded)

Wigeon - 1

Speckle-bellied Geese - 2

2021-2022 Third Split Totals: 149 ducks (2 banded) and 2 speckle-bellied geese, 2.69 birds per gun

[Rick]

2021-2022 Redular Season:

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - 96 (1 banded)

Blue-winged Teal - 88

Fulvous Whistling Duck - 1

Gadwall - 25

Green-winged Teal - 128

Goldeneye - 1

Mallard - 37

Mottled - 33

Pintails - 47

Ringnecks - 49

Scaup - 8

Shovelers - 65

Wigeon - 9

Wood Ducks - 21

Speckle-bellied Geese - 3

2021-2022 Regular Season Totals: 607 Ducks and 3 Speckle-bellied Geese, 3.38 birds per gun

2021-2022 All Inclusive 944 birds

[Darren]

First time BBWD have led the way I presume?

[Rick]

First time BBWD have led the way I presume?

Certainly the first time they've occupied our mallards' once customary position behind green-wings (when not, albeit far more rarely, on top), but the above was enough for one morning. Might take a while to muster the courage to start digging into past species logs and drawing comparisons between what was and now is...