Lreynolds

link? to wtf you're talking about?

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I am about to hit the hay but please check back here tomorrow or the next day. I have some questions for you in regards to the farm bill and future conservation and duck numbers.

I'm headed to bed myself.

I'll be flying aerial surveys for the rest of the week and won't be on the net much. Feel free to e-mail at: Lreynolds@wlf.la.gov

I saw a question on another thread about pintail numbers, which were down this year while most other species were up.

The major reason was loss of 35% of ponds at lower latitudes. Pintails, more than any other species, will over-fly the prairies in drier years and use breeding habitats further north which are not surveyed as well. In the pintail harvest strategy, the model has a bias-correction factor to account for the lower-than-actual estimates in years when they settle at higher latitudes.

Another reason was poor winter habitat conditions last year in the Central and Mississippi Flyways due to extreme drought. Again, compared to mallards, pintail populations seem to be effected more by winter habitat conditions such that in dry years when larger portions of the population are forced into more saline habitats in the 2 middle flyways, it has a negative population effect. Combined, these factors certainly influenced this spring's pintail breeding estimate.

We're seeing a lot more pintail this year. I think it's largely a function of the habitat or lack there of in nearby areas.

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I pray those people never find the TDOB

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Somebody has to do some work over there

It really is sad how dumb some of the posters there are.

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Lreynolds

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You are one of my more favored posters. Thank you for what you do.