Spring is really here.

[Winchester73]

I saw my first wood duck this morning in Lincoln, RI. He (it was a drake) was mingling with half a dozen blacks. There were some hooded mergansers and 4 scaup sharing the opening in the ice as well.

I've always considered seeing woodies as the beginning of the spring season. It can snow or even get cold again but once I hear the peep frogs and see the suckers spawning I know there's no turning back. The woodies usually show up first.

YeeHaw!

 

[45collector]

Cool. This past waterfowl season was pretty unproductive for me (mainly because Ibought a house smack dab in the middle of it and didn't spend enough time out hunting) and my only two dabblers were wood ducks. 1 drake, 1 hen. The drakes really are beautiful creatures. Tasty too.