Rick wrote:Ducaholic wrote:I’d also add the long anticipated drought on the PPR may be here. All we can do is look to the benefits we know are coming once the moisture returns.
Like all of the farmer having their drain tiles in?
MARSH BEAR wrote:Darren - are you watching the weather - Invest 94L based on ALL the spaghetti lines is headed to the Gulf of Mexico - not what I want to see. Hurricane Laura hit southwest LA on 8/27/20.
Thought you might have an interest in this one, and Dave does not want to hear about it I am sure.
DComeaux wrote:I have a bullseye set up in Grand Chenier.
DComeaux wrote:Looks good! I can see myself in there.....
A rather cool storm system will bring the first flakes of the season to parts of the west over the next 36-hours. Peaks in Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado can expect snow, some of which will accumulate.
The first flakes will begin to fly tonight in Montana with the flakes eventually falling in Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado by Thursday. By the time the flakes stop flying, accumulations are expected. The best chance for accumulations will be above 10,000 feet where a few inches will fall. A light dusting is possible down to 9,000 feet with the rain/snow line as far down as 8,000 feet.
Duck Engr wrote:I’m already itching for that first “cool” front!!
Blue-winged teal, Delta believes, had a decent production year relative to other ducks. While they tend to attempt only one nest, they do so sooner than most species, in late April and early May — a period in which a smattering of wetlands was still available in their core breeding range across the Dakotas.
“Anecdotally, as I’ve driven across the prairies I’ve been impressed that there are way more bluewing broods than I expected,” Rohwer said. “For ducks that rarely renest following nest destruction, drought has less of an impact.”
Green-winged teal nest farther north in the upper tier of the Canadian parklands and the boreal forest, where wetland conditions fluctuate far less year to year. Delta forecasts that their production was stable.
“I think teal hunting should be better than anything else,” Rohwer said. “Mallards and gadwalls will be a decent second.”
Interestingly, the North Dakota survey indicated that the seemingly unflappable gadwall population continues to boom, increasing 47.4 percent to 649,216 ducks — an incredible 109.5 percent above the long-term average.
“Gadwalls are challenging to predict,” Rohwer said. “I suspect they did better than mallards because they’re less dependent on renesting. However, they also tend to nest late — as far as into early June — and that’s when wetland conditions really deteriorated. They’ve definitely proven a very resilient species.”
North Slope of Alaska
This area produces good numbers of black brant and Central Flyway white-fronted geese, plus a small number of snow geese. Notably, the Ikpikpuk River Delta colony — which usually has 20,000 snow goose nests — appeared to have been destroyed by brown bears, according to North Slope Borough biologist Brian Person.
Vijay Patil, who works for the U.S. Geological Survey at the Colville River Delta and Teshekpuk Lake areas, reports well above-average production of snow geese and brant. These conditions suggest that production of mid-continent specklebellies (which migrate along the Central and Mississippi Flyways) should also have been strong.
Darren wrote:
Just like your favorite football team, it's the preseason so we can all be optimistic.
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