by Rick » Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:56 am
Was good to be me this morning. No deer were seen, but there was one heck of a pintail show, plus a whooole lot of specks that got bumped out of somewhere south came over. Was also serenaded by a coyote on the wood line for ten long minutes just before shooting light: grrrrr... And by a whooping crane that showed me something "interesting" in a troubling way.
The first time the whooper moved there was also a big rush of ducks, and I assumed whatever disturbed him/her pushed them, as well. But when he/she decided to come back to my end of the farm perhaps an hour later, it became evident that the whooper was spooking the ducks, as well as a wad of specks that had put in just across the levee behind me while it was away. When they got up, the dang whooper followed them as they circled the farm and eventually ran them clean off before settling down again itself.
I'm guessing that it's straight, perpendicular-winged silhouette was too eagle-like for the other birds' comfort. Not being a friend of the birds guys with guns are after, could prove a bad thing for the whoopers. Then again, not quite all of the specks hauled arse and the most of the ducks were quickly back in, so I may be imagining things...
Now fresh out of excuses not to tackle my duck painting, it's not so good to be me.