The Puppy Project continues with a look at Georgia's first visit to Jim's Fisher's hunting camp at Delta Marsh, Manitoba. Three-month old Georgia was introduced to other dogs at camp.
Reflections from the Cockpit
If you're a waterfowl hunter, John Solberg has likely influenced your hunt. For more than 20 years, he conducted spring aerial surveys for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. His survey work helped set hunting regulations across the continent. From the seat of an airplane, he developed a unique perspective on the many factors that influence annual breeding conditions.
Now retired, Solberg says little has changed since aerial surveys began in the 1950s. The pilot and observer fly about 100 feet off the ground at 100 miles an hour and record all the waterfowl they see. In the prairie pot hole regions, aerial data from selected areas is then verified by ground crews.
'Mean-old Mallard' Nests in Delta Hen House
The Southern Oregon Chapter has placed and maintains 27 hen houses in the Rogue Valley, including one nesting structure that a unique mallard hen has claimed to hatch her brood each year.
"She's a mean-old hen," explained Steve DeBerry, chapter president. "She chases the other ducks off. But she gets in there early and produces a lot of ducks."
DeBerry monitored the hen house in the Denman Wildlife Area, waiting for an early hatch. When 11 ducklings cracked out of their eggshells and left the nest on March 23, the chapter president was on hand to capture the event.
Now in the third year of its nesting structure program, the 150-member chapter plans to add hen houses in area marshes each year, DeBerry reports.
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