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 [...]
Flooding Up at Mayberry 2009
Posted in habitat manipulation, seasonal marsh, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management, tagged delta habitat work, duck club management on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The ten- inch siphon is running with three weeks to go until duck season. It takes a while to flood up about 150 acres of ducks ponds with a ten inch siphon pipe, maybe as much as two weeks. After a while, we may have to start up our second siphon, a twelve incher, but [...]
September ’09 Mayberry Update
Posted in Farm Management, Ranch Management, seasonal marsh, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management, tagged duck club management, marsh management on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s now been over two months since the arial spraying at Mayberry. Since that event, Rob has followed up by mowing, flooding and spraying the stuff that didn’t respond to our initial attempts. Here are a few follow up photos. Burmuda grass is a tough customer, but after a couple doses, this grass looks like [...]
The Goats of Mayberry
Posted in Duck hunting, Farm Management, outdoors, seasonal marsh, seasonal marsh, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management, tagged flood up for duck hunting, habitat management through goat grazing on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The goats are in and they’re doing their job. As many at 1,700 goats have been grazing on our duck club and they are removing much of the vegitation choking our duck ponds. This is Walter the Peruvian goat herder. Talks about as much English as I do Spanish. Walter says the [...]
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 [...]
