Posted By:
Leakydecoy
Guest
Lake Helena 03-13-2005 20:10
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There’s some good birdwatching to be had right now with the weather keeping some of the recently arrived birds from pushing on. There was plenty of white mixed in with the dark geese in the stubble today; between 400 and 500 snows were hanging out just off of the road. Puddlers were back in strength with the usual loads of mallards, LOTS of pintails, and a nice mixture of widgeon, gadwalls, shovelers and GW teal. Divers spotted so far in addition to the GEs taking advantage of the now open water included scaup, ringnecks and buffleheads. Add to that a half dozen trumpeter swans and a lone meadowlark perched on a fence post.
Posted By:
Leakydecoy
Guest
Lake Helena 03-08-2005 22:45
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Same deal down here. The pintails showed up big time today on that south wind along with a couple hundred tundra swans and a few widgeon. I plan to head out and bag a few birds with the long lens tomorrow.
Regarding use of the field reports section in the off season, I’ve got no problem with other stuff being posted here when it’s been as quiet as a mausoleum anyway.
Posted By:
Michael-Majcher
Field Editor
Flathead Valley 03-08-2005 21:47
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
AGAIN!
FOLKS THIS IS NOT A MESSAGE BOARD!!!!!!!
The spring migration has been in full force for the past 10 days or so with new birds constantly on the move. I need to know where all these feathered things were this past fall. The surprise of the year was yesterday’s flight of pintails that worked into the ponds on the farm. We estimated around 400. The geese are thick enough that incoming evening flocks sound like a swarm of bees from a distance.
Get your hen houses up.
Get a conibear trap placed in your favorite nesting area. Remember one skunk is worth another dozen or so ducks this coming fall.
MM
Posted By:
thadp
Web Member
03-07-2005 10:03
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OOPs! Good Lookin Dog!
Posted By:
Leakydecoy
Guest
03-03-2005 11:57
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A WHAT??!! I’ll pretend I didn’t read that. ;^) It’s actually a chocolate Lab from the light end of the spectrum.
By the way, the honkers are starting to stake out their nesting territories on the edges of Lake Helena and I’ve noticed a pretty good influx of new birds this week. There’s been an impressive swirl of honkers and mallards over the stubble at sundown.
[Edited By Leakydecoy on 2005-03-03 12:09]
Posted By:
thadp
Web Member
02-28-2005 09:33
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Leakydecoy is that a “Chessie” in your profile photo?
Posted By:
Ruddy Boom Boom
Guest
Questions 02-21-2005 17:29
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I am planning on heading to Yorkton, Saskatchewan again this year and have been lucky to meet some great landowners and farmers who have let me hunt on their land. I am thinking about hunting Manitoba or somewhere not so far into Canada. Any thoughts on a good city to start looking in either Manitoba or Saskatchewan? Thank you
Posted By:
Leakydecoy
Guest
Lake Helena 02-13-2005 10:21
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
Trumpeters swans wouldn’t have surprised me, but a group of optimistic tundra swans back on the ice of Lake Helena Saturday? Guess they hadn’t checked their calendar not to mention the forecast for the snow that’s now falling.
Posted By:
Leakydecoy
Guest
02-05-2005 01:11
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I’m still waiting for William Reed’s field report regarding the Nevada portion of Montana.
Posted By:
Michael-Majcher
Field Editor
LOWER VALLEY 02-02-2005 16:42
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
PEOPLE PLEASE!
THIS IS NOT A MESSAGE BOARD
PLEASE POST FIELD REPORTS ONLY!
Now to my post season report…
It’s too hot – for February. The water levels are well below what will be required to sustain us this coming summer. Combine this with the phenomenal increase in construction of single family plots and we’re really putting a strain on our resources.
Ducks are limited to nice flocks of Barrows Goldeneye. The Canadas are scattered waiting for their fellow migrators to show up. It’s only a matter of time before we start seeing those northern flights.
Please, if you get a chance, install a nesting structure this year. We can really make next season a better one.
Also, don’t forget to carry that 22-250. Hungry predators are starting to make themselves known. A $7 conibear trap can go a long way this time of year. Especially when you consider this is coming up on their breeding season.
