Posted in California Delta, goose, outdoors on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
The fog was thick.
How thick was it?
If you looked up into the air you might fall over from vertigo. It was the type of tule fog that would prevent us from reaching our duck club on Webb Tract before daylight, in fact we didn’t even leave the dock until nearly first light.
We’d crossed Frank’s Tract [...]
Posted in California Delta, Wildlife habitat, outdoors, photography, seasonal marsh, seasonal marsh, waterfowl, wildlife, wildlife management on February 4, 2008 | No Comments »
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Superbowl Sunday was a great photography day at Mayberry Farms. The sun was good and the birds were cooperative. These pelicans took off from the pasture next door.
The egret passed by close enough to capture him in flight.
Lola was pumped up and chased everything that moved.
Mallards were [...]
Posted in California Delta, Duck hunting, Land Ownership, Wildlife habitat, outdoors, permanent marsh, seasonal marsh, wildlife conservation, wildlife management on January 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(Caption: My retired retriever Valentine at Mayberry on a good day.)
It’s the last Saturday of the 2007/2008 duck season and my truck is loaded, my dogs are ready to go and all I’ve got left to do is pick up some groceries on the way to our club.
I normally get out sooner on the last [...]
Posted in California Delta, Duck hunting, Hunting, Land Ownership, Wildlife habitat, outdoors, wildlife conservation, wildlife management on January 17, 2008 | No Comments »
“How does your club shoot on a north wind?” was the response to my query.
“OK,” I responded, “Not accustomed to being tested when inviting people to hunt on my club. Usually my potential guests were less direct.
“Wednesday’s going to be a north-wind day,” reiterated the voice at the other end of the phone. “Do you [...]
Posted in California Delta, Duck hunting, Ecology, Farm Management, Hunting, Land Ownership, Wildlife habitat, goose, outdoors, permanent marsh, pheasant, real estate, seasonal marsh, wildlife, wildlife conservation, wildlife management on January 13, 2008 | No Comments »
After a morning of enthusiastic and exhausting pheasant hunting, with a bird each in the bag, Rob and I trudged through a final field of marsh on our way back to camp.
I glanced over to my brother, and he pointed skyward – above our main duck hunting pond. A large flock of mallards was circling [...]
