Bluewing calling...
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 4:05 pmHave begun rereading my online log here in preparation for its final installation, a season wrap up of how it went and what I may or may not have learned, and I came across this unanswered question from TDH:
Kind of late, but I apologize for overlooking it at the time.
The referenced "assembly call" is a two note call that momma teal use to call their broods. And a good example can be found by scrolling roughly 3/4 of the way down this page: http://www.xeno-canto.org/explore?query=blue-winged+teal to the 1:57 long offering from Ian Cruickshank.
I don't try to use it as a breaking call, just kack my buns off for that, but use a continuous assembly call to keep apparently skittish birds in line and coming all the way the the guns once they're headed in our directions. Works for me...
The Duck Hammer wrote:Rick wrote: Tickled me to be able to show my friend the little assembly call that's been putting them where they need to be,
You using something over than the MVP teal setup now?
Kind of late, but I apologize for overlooking it at the time.
The referenced "assembly call" is a two note call that momma teal use to call their broods. And a good example can be found by scrolling roughly 3/4 of the way down this page: http://www.xeno-canto.org/explore?query=blue-winged+teal to the 1:57 long offering from Ian Cruickshank.
I don't try to use it as a breaking call, just kack my buns off for that, but use a continuous assembly call to keep apparently skittish birds in line and coming all the way the the guns once they're headed in our directions. Works for me...