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Apr 12, 2021 15:31:43 GMT -6
Post by Foggy on Apr 12, 2021 15:31:43 GMT -6
Seems the ducks and geese in OZ just stay here all year round now......more and more. There are many that just dont migrate. Lots of Honkers, Mallards, Pintails, Widgeons and Cormorants. Guess they just said the hell with migrating....when there is warm weather here. Not sure if some go to the high ountrry in August?
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Apr 12, 2021 15:37:40 GMT -6
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Post by badgerfowl on Apr 12, 2021 15:37:40 GMT -6
I saw shovellers, buffleheads, probably ring bills( we used to call them blue bills). Also more mallards than usual and always a few woodies. I quit hunting ducks after the last year we could use lead shot. Ring bills and blue bills are two different species. |
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Apr 12, 2021 15:39:54 GMT -6
Post by badgerfowl on Apr 12, 2021 15:39:54 GMT -6
Ringnecks, ringers, ringbills.  Bluebill, scaup.  |
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Post by wklman on Apr 12, 2021 15:47:04 GMT -6
Seems the ducks and geese in OZ just stay here all year round now......more and more. There are many that just dont migrate. Lots of Honkers, Mallards, Pintails, Widgeons and Cormorants. Guess they just said the hell with migrating....when there is warm weather here. Not sure if some go to the high ountrry in August? A lot do. Big flock of geese hang out by showlow. |
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 12, 2021 16:56:14 GMT -6
I saw shovellers, buffleheads, probably ring bills( we used to call them blue bills). Also more mallards than usual and always a few woodies. I quit hunting ducks after the last year we could use lead shot. Ring bills and blue bills are two different species. I know. To my Dad they were blue bills ( ringbills) and northern bills. |
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Post by kooch on Apr 12, 2021 17:56:02 GMT -6
Ducks are cool. All I ever see are Mallards. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough. I'm going to go into hardcore bird watching when I live at the farm and have an unimpeded view of the cattails all day. I think I'll have a chair, with a little end table next to it, with a bird book, a good set of binoculars, and a notebook. I'm gonna be an old, grumpy, bird watching fart, and I'll say things like, "Look at all those Butter Butts" or "A gashawk flew by and turned off the Sandhill Cranes."
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Post by biglakebass on Apr 12, 2021 18:43:04 GMT -6
Ringnecks, ringers, ringbills. Bluebill, scaup. Shot a lot of Bluebills yesteryear, but never got an absolute mature fully colored 'Bill. God they are a pretty duck when the sun hits their heads the right way. PS - Dont forget there are Greater and Lesser Scaups. 2 different Bluebill species. I dont believe we ever shot any Greaters. |
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Post by badgerfowl on Apr 12, 2021 18:50:46 GMT -6
Ringnecks, ringers, ringbills. Bluebill, scaup. Shot a lot of Bluebills yesteryear, but never got an absolute mature fully colored 'Bill. God they are a pretty duck when the sun hits their heads the right way. PS - Dont forget there are Greater and Lesser Scaups. 2 different Bluebill species. I dont believe we ever shot any Greaters. Yes that’s correct. I thought one wasn’t really around here but not entirely sure. I shot a couple in nodak couple years back. |
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Apr 12, 2021 18:54:40 GMT -6
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 12, 2021 18:54:40 GMT -6
Ringnecks, ringers, ringbills. Bluebill, scaup. Shot a lot of Bluebills yesteryear, but never got an absolute mature fully colored 'Bill. God they are a pretty duck when the sun hits their heads the right way. PS - Dont forget there are Greater and Lesser Scaups. 2 different Bluebill species. I dont believe we ever shot any Greaters. I can remember my Dad telling me that northern bills had ccanvas on their back. Was that the greater? We pretty much called the blue bills with an occasional, late season golden eye mixed in. |
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Apr 12, 2021 19:03:32 GMT -6
Post by biglakebass on Apr 12, 2021 19:03:32 GMT -6
Greaters are a bigger bird than the lessers. Dont know much about them overall.
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Post by sd51555 on Apr 12, 2021 20:53:37 GMT -6
Ducks are cool. All I ever see are Mallards. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough. I'm going to go into hardcore bird watching when I live at the farm and have an unimpeded view of the cattails all day. I think I'll have a chair, with a little end table next to it, with a bird book, a good set of binoculars, and a notebook. I'm gonna be an old, grumpy, bird watching fart, and I'll say things like, "Look at all those Butter Butts" or "A gashawk flew by and turned off the Sandhill Cranes." |
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Apr 13, 2021 21:54:45 GMT -6
Post by Foggy on Apr 13, 2021 21:54:45 GMT -6
We had a little discussion on how much rain we had here in OZ thus far this year. One of my neighbors has a weather station.....and he sent me this:
Hi Tom,
Here is the rainfall summary for this year:
19-Jan-21
0.09
21-Jan-21
0.03
22-Jan-21
0.11
24-Jan-21
0.43
25-Jan-21
0.61
29-Jan-21
0.13
30-Jan-21
0.01
3-Feb-21
0.01
13-Feb-21
0.01
12-Mar-21
0.35
13-Mar-21
0.24
Total: 2.02”
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Post by Tooln on Apr 19, 2021 5:58:45 GMT -6
Rooftops are white and snow is falling this morning.
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Apr 19, 2021 6:42:08 GMT -6
Post by terrifictom on Apr 19, 2021 6:42:08 GMT -6
Going to be really cold the next few mornings. A lot of early plantings depending on crop are going to get froze out.  |
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Post by smsmith on Apr 19, 2021 8:40:54 GMT -6
Good time of the year to repost this info |
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