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re: Teal Sightings
Posted on 9/7/17 at 12:51 pm to dwr353
Posted on 9/7/17 at 12:51 pm to dwr353
quote:
Just went to my pond behind my house. I had a blue wing drake swimming with my tame ducks. I live south of Opelousas.
With migrators in eclipse plumage, you could tell from a distance it was a drake how.......?
Been seeing a few here and there, SE la coastal marshes
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Posted on 9/7/17 at 1:57 pm to Tigah D
quote:
With migrators in eclipse plumage, you could tell from a distance it was a drake how.......?
Are you serious?
Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:20 pm to TigerBait413
Adult drake blue wing teal are typically the first to migrate, so with that said, probability is high that the duck seen was in fact a drake blue wing teal. Regardless of the "eclipse" plumage.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 12:44 pm to TigerBait413
quote:
quote:
With migrators in eclipse plumage, you could tell from a distance it was a drake how.......?
Are you serious?
Yea actually dead serious and curious, did the bird have the crescent white face or what? Early migrating bluewings are still in summer (eclipse) plumage, so how exactly were you able to tell it was a drake? And yes, the front end of the migration is primarily drakes so it's a good chance it was a male regardless.
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Nonetheless, hope the front brought you and everyone else more of them.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:41 pm to Tigah D
I have a flock of about 35 tame ducks on my pond. He was sitting on the edge in the grass. He flushed and landed about 20 feet away with the tame ducks. I could see the outline of his crescent plainly. As we kill about 250 teal in my blind each year, yes I can tell. Crescent was not white, was slightly lighter colored. No offense taken.
This post was edited on 9/8/17 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:44 pm to BLM
Nada in bayou black this morning
Posted on 9/8/17 at 2:11 pm to dwr353
quote:
I have a flock of about 35 tame ducks on my pond. He was sitting on the edge in the grass. He flushed and landed about 20 feet away with the tame ducks. I could see the outline of his crescent plainly. As we kill about 250 teal in my blind each year, yes I can tell. Crescent was not white, was slightly lighter colored. No offense taken.
Roger that.
Hearing a lot of reports of "here today gone tomorrow" which isn't unusual for the early birds. Hope it's more "here" than otherwise for next Friday. Strange how you can blaze them out, then nada next day. Similarly for last couple of years I didn't put an eye on a teal day before opener, then had plenty shooting opening morning. Just gotta go!
Posted on 9/8/17 at 3:06 pm to BLM
Lake Columbia in south Arkansas is covered up with them right now.
Posted on 9/9/17 at 9:40 am to BB1977
sweeet
Posted on 9/10/17 at 3:35 pm to hardhead
Saw 5 buzzing the marsh between grand isle and fourchon today when I was driving back.
This post was edited on 9/10/17 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 9/10/17 at 3:57 pm to SOLA
Smoked em in Palacios this morning
Posted on 9/10/17 at 5:19 pm to MillerMan
sweet...
Posted on 9/10/17 at 5:30 pm to MillerMan
Nice LBD
Posted on 9/10/17 at 8:08 pm to MillerMan
Beat em up pretty good in the Anahuac marsh this weekend. Needed the distraction from dealing with my flooded house demo. Saw tons but with so much water they are really spread out.
Will post pics in the Shootout thread to get Team Hollywood on the board.
Will post pics in the Shootout thread to get Team Hollywood on the board.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 8:26 pm to MWP
That's my LBD, Hank.
MWP- you hunting with Brian? Anthony called me and said he'd never seen that many teal in anahuac.
MWP- you hunting with Brian? Anthony called me and said he'd never seen that many teal in anahuac.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:43 pm to Larry Gooseman
Didnt see shat this weekend in tensas
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