Hello, once again, all my technologically advanced and well connected waterfowl enthusiast friends. It appears we've all been bitten by the "early bug." You know that once in the last 10 years when we get a cold front in October and see lots of birds migrating and think that everyday in October should be good. Well, it's back to reality. 65 degrees tomorrow and big South winds, that's more like it. Virtually nothing in the forecast showing any signs of migratory action. Some success stories (South Ditch) today included the harvest of Aix Sponsa, a medium sized perching duck that grows to 19 inches and has a small wingspan of just 29 inches. The beauty of these birds is found in their distinctive multi-colored iridescent plumage and red eyes. These trophy birds are often referred to as Wood Ducks among lay-persons.

Other news among the bottoms was the taking of Anas Discors. And no, I didn't get email or message about how someone blew up the portable toilet at their ditch because of too much alcohol last night. Anas Discors is a small 15 inch bird that always weighs less than 1 pound and is often the culprit of many, many, many, many cuss words and emptied shells. After much research I have discovered that this small dabbling duck is also known as a Blue-Winged Teal. Apparently the South to the East Ditch harvested 6 of these. I was unaware of the common name and had to search my favorite website Wikipedia.

Haven't heard much in the way of success from anywhere and quite honestly don't expect to. Typical October weather is back and we are gonna grab the sun tan lotion and shorts for a tomorrow afternoon-close shoot. The pond has been the site of hundreds of birds multiple nights this past week right around quitting time. We haven't been up there since Thursday AM so we're hoping they're comfortable. Lord knows we haven't been scaring them while we've been there. We're gonna try and fool 'em tomorrow night. That's all for now. Check back for the latest and greatest and thanks for OVER 15,000 HITS.