Thread: hows the summer season looking

plenty of good grain not far off and some nice big pea paddocks about
rains just arrived for my cockies who dont irrigate hopefuly its gonna be enough, one reckoned he needs 50 mills yesterday.
quite a few ducks flitting about but given nth canterbury may harvest first i hope they dont stay up there to long
pidgeons and geese should give plenty of practise before the 2 csi duck and parrie weekends

Mallard duck and any
hybrid of that species
7, 8 and 14, 15 Feb 2015
limit 10 area c
paradise shelduck
7, 8 and 14, 15 Feb 2015
15
Area B

Getting dry up here,good bird numbers on the ponds and river though.

Originally Posted by Dundee

Getting dry up here,good bird numbers on the ponds and river though.

same here the bit of rain we just had wont even have had a chance to do any good.
the norwester and now muggy heat will evaporate ithope theres more in the pipeline

2 weeks to pea harvest

Barley crops got sparrows but the ducks haven't found them yet as all the paddocks are brown.

goin the same way here dundee at least for the guys without irrigation
keeps threatening to rain but nothing comes of it so far

according to todays press metservice predicting periods of rain ,starting monday next.

Originally Posted by gsp follower

goin the same way here dundee at least for the guys without irrigation
keeps threatening to rain but nothing comes of it so far

buggerall here kotuku but the harvest is starting better get on the gosee and pidgeon spy net

many grain paddocks done or nearly ready to be done my main pea paddocks just about got the bales off
less than 2 weeks now to the first summer season mallard and parry weekend but geese should be there in the next few days.
by the by when harvesting his pea paddock right on the rakaia methven road farmer was surprised to find a dead deer
must have come up out of the river flats which aint a million miles away

mob of parries landed at river 2130 hours last night.

Birds doing well around here, quail seem to be having a bumper season being so hot and dry

Originally Posted by Pointer

Birds doing well around here, quail seem to be having a bumper season being so hot and dry

hot and dry ditto up untill this avo anyway
nothing major just enough rain to have the crop farmers grinding thier teeth as they struggle with part harvested crops and all over the p[lace moisture readings in the grain. ducks and parries to the south and north but few about here at the mo not a sign of geese yet tho they could be feeding on the moonbut no sign on the paddocks

Young fella rekons he saw 200 plus parries on a crop near the river.

Originally Posted by Dundee

Young fella rekons he saw 200 plus parries on a crop near the river.

pretty grim here few ducks moving and no geese observed in the rakaia but they could turn up friday avo/night it wouldnt be the first time.
ducks im not so confident about.

Quail numbers are looking pretty good here...nice to see the odd family group with well grown chicks who have managed to survive all that is against them!! Have seen some big flights of pigeons...