Ducaholic wrote:Funny how things differ in the same zone but 150 air miles apart mostly due to habitat differences I would think and what weather patterns work best for a particular area. Had a banner year in 2013, 2014 was simply abysmal, with 2015 being slightly better than the year before.
Think I remember you mentioning as much that year, was super weird for us. Much like this season, we had high water early but then we got all kinds of fronts late and were all kinds of fired up for the flocks we were certain to be arriving any day......that just never showed. THAT was scary......big weather events, no birds. That was the year of the non-migration/delayed migration. Is it just by chance we've had something goofy happen the last three seasons in a row? I'm sure hoping so and the 3 seasons leading up to 2013 would seem to support that notion as they were fairly "normal" weather years with no particularly early or vigorous winter systems nor inordinately late springs. The log says those three were great years for us in our marsh.
2013 - delayed migration, they never showed, poor season overall
2014 - early and often fronts and really good overall numbers, strong across the SE La region
2015 - early (pacific) fronts/El Nino, flyway was very wet scattering what did come, good season for some and poor for others. We had some stellar hunts in Delacroix but my home town marsh was wayyy off.
For 2016? No late spring so far, check! Wet breeding grounds? uhhhh.....not lookin that way. Early and often fronts? TBD