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  1. Jan 1, 2018 #1
    mark seaters

    mark seaters Elite Refuge Member

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    Way better than cow pattie fed...

    Damn migrators !!

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    Capt.Gregg

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    557536AA-0BE4-4AF6-9ECD-C70164095CA4.jpeg That looks similar but different then the Golden Eyes we cleaned yesterday....
     
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    mak2782

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    Definitely a northern bird.

    Uncle Rico told me so....
     
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    Squaller

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    Somebody... Is baiting...
     
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    Dan Mallia

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    Why would that constitute baiting?

    Lots of corn fed birds grubbing crops all over the Sac Valley, Suisun Marsh, Delta Islands........
     
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    freefall

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    That's a common find in delta ducks. Most of the major islands are corn.
     
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    mark seaters

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    So would birds feeding on cow patties be baiting ?

    I'm finding a lot of bullfrogs lately in cow pastures..is that baiting??

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    JuvieCoot

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    Sterile baiting
     
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    JuvieCoot

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    How about birds feeding on artificially irrigated Timothy ponds.
     
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    mark seaters

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    Not always a pretty thing !

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