Northern Ducks Are In Eastern Washington

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MikeR
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Northern Ducks Are In Eastern Washington

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1000+ ducks over corn field
1000+ ducks over corn field
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The 20HE in the early morning and the big 12 thereafter
The 20HE in the early morning and the big 12 thereafter
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Jim Cloninger
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Mike, I wish I was there. Send some of those big greenheads down to California. Thanks for the photos.
Jim
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The last two times I took my bird dog down for a run along the Spokane River this week, I saw a small flock of Barrows Goldeneyes. I usually haven't seen them this far from salt water, but back in the 1960s I bagged one on the Winchester Waste Waterway in the Columbia Basin. Were they just lost, or does this portend some really bad weather this winter?
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MikeR
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These ducks were flying east about 5 miles from Winchester waste waterway. Someone said the aerial count on Eagle lakes was 200,000 birds.
Temperatures have been in the high teens to low 20s. As long as there is food and open water they will stick around.
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I had a few barrows goldeneyes cruise past me about a week ago. It is my understanding that there are usually a little noth of here. We do have lots of common goldeneyes around here.
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