White front geese greeted me on the way to Mayberry. I recall seeing them at this same small pond during March of previous years – one of their last hangouts before they head north. (Click to enlarge photo.) Another common site on the way to Mayberry in late winter is goats grazing on the [...]
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Mayberry, March 2011
Posted in bird watching, birds, California Delta, permanent marsh, photography, seasonal marsh, seasonal marsh, waterfowl, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management, tagged bird watching, Waterfowl photos on March 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Webb Tract Geese in Fog
Posted in California Delta, photography, seasonal marsh, waterfowl, wildlife, tagged Delta white-front geese on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On the way to our duck club, we passed a pond covered with geese. They stood staring at the vehicle from about 100 yards. I used my camera to take a brief video which can be watched on youtube by clicking the link below. It’s impressive to see how many geese were stacked in the [...]
More Youth Hunt Photos
Posted in California Delta, Duck hunting, photography, seasonal marsh, waterfowl, wildlife management, youth in the outdoors, tagged Youth Waterfowl Hunt on February 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here are some shots of the recent youth hunt. These were taken by Ron Spradlin. Darron Solero, CWA Regional Director, set up the hunt and cooked the prehunt wild game feed of mallard and honker breasts. His son, Hunter, came along for the trip. Ron and Robbie around the camp fire. Robbie at the ready. Rich [...]
A Great Year for Goose Hunting
Posted in goose, Hunting, outdoors, photography, waterfowl, wildlife conservation, tagged Goose hunting on December 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Whitefront White-front geese (specs) covered the sand hills at our delta club when we arrived. It wasn’t long before they were airborne. White front, snow, Aleutian and cackling geese are swarming the Delta. With the goose limit at a record 8 – of which four can be white fronts, our goose hunting has been excellent and [...]
Mayberry Farms in Summer – Cocklebur Battles
Posted in Ranch Management, seasonal marsh, waterfowl, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management, tagged cocklebur control, duck club management on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Arrived at Mayberry this morning about 9:30 AM. I was amazed at the amount of water on the ground on Sherman Island. Rob is battling cockleburs and he needed me to cut off irrigation of one of our fields. He kills the cockleburs by chopping them and then flooding them up for a few days. [...]
Mayberry Farms Superbowl Sunday Photo Shoot
Posted in California Delta, outdoors, photography, seasonal marsh, seasonal marsh, waterfowl, wildlife, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management on February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Double click on photos to see full size version.) 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 [...]
