Darn things are multiplying like rabbits

[Crazy_Farmer]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f52/Crazy_Farmer/5-2.jpg

I was surprised to see a drake pintail in the mix too. The bill and the white chest made him stand out from the sea of brown mallards.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f52/Crazy_Farmer/6-1.jpg

Something got this mallard, either coyote or bred of prey.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f52/Crazy_Farmer/4-3.jpg

Young woodie that couldnt fly yet trying its best to hide in the flooded grass.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f52/Crazy_Farmer/3-4.jpg

[Bucks&Ducks]

And Im not complaining!

great photos and hopefully that is a sign of a bountiful season to come

[longshot]

Ya the wet spring sure gave good breeding grounds. I have never seen so many local young geese or ducks at this time of year before. Hunting should be good this year right when the corn is cut!

longshot jr.

[Gunner]

The birds are starting to show up on the sloughs here as the water drops.I saw mallards,gadwall and some widgeon today.All the drakes are still in moult. Gunner

[warnniklz]

getting wet dreams about waterfowl opening up

[Ian F.]

that's a bird kill, coyote's you'll only find feathers... still so much water around....

[Crazy_Farmer]

Exactly right Ian. Went down there yesterday and found a feather from a primary that I knew isn't off a mallard. About 10 inches long, I know there's a big hawks nest in the trees over looking that pond. The mallard might of given a little fight or it lost it on the dive maybe.

[Ian F.]

I'm used to finding avian leftovers and even had them go after downed birds before I could get to them, of course that was before Zoe!