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 »
A New Look for Opening Day
Posted in California Delta, Duck hunting, permanent marsh, Wildlife habitat, tagged Opening of duck season. on October 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Cleaned out my trailer today. Boy what a mess. Got rid of a bee hive and put out decon for rats. Jacked the trailer up and got it nearly level. More work to do, but had to tour the property first. The new canals are open water and most of the areas that have feed [...]
Many Changes at Mayberry this Year
Posted in Duck hunting, permanent marsh, Waterfowl Conservation, Wildlife habitat on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our duck club on Sherman Island has undergone a tremendous overhaul this summer. Formerly a seasonal marsh, it is now a permanent marsh. This is a drastic change (the equivalent of a sex change), but we hope it will work out. Yesterday we raised several of our blinds in an effort to prepare for the [...]
Turning Farm Ground into Wildlife Habitat
Posted in California Delta, Duck hunting, Ecology, Farm Management, goose, Hunting, Land Ownership, outdoors, permanent marsh, pheasant, real estate, seasonal marsh, Uncategorized, wildlife, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
