re: I think someone was flying today for a September waterfowl survey.

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do they ever fly or do any kind of surveys around NWLA area?

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Not in September, but in November, December, and January, we do a 1-day survey of selected habitats in NW LA. See paragraph 6 of the COMMENTS section of the document at: LINK

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Last week I saw a lot of birds just north of BR. Same spot yesterday, I didn't see any. Hope they didn't already head to Mexico.

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Don't worry, the birds we are seeing are almost all adult males (the first bluewings to migrate), and as of yesterday, the Dakotas were still ate-up with bluewings. So not only haven't they passed through, according to my colleague in North Dakota, they aren't showing any obvious signs of wanting to leave there.