Central louisiana

PMDavid · Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:06 pm

Well it seems my bird count is slowly climbing! It seems that my attempts to count is telling me something around 30-33 birds . I can’t be sure it’s such a flurry when they all dive in,and goog luck trying to count em all swirling around overhead just prior to coming in also. But I do think I’m right around last years count or close. Can someone take a stab at how much longer I can look for new arrivals?

SSMartin · Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:42 pm

If we are counting sub adults then you have another month or two.

deancamp · Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:02 am

David, can you determine if any of your birds are sy. The rule of thumb is 4 to 6 weeks after asy birds.

Conrad Baker · Sat Mar 13, 2021 9:22 am

My colony has 12 birds now. With three houses, they have room to spread out.

PMDavid · Sat Mar 13, 2021 5:12 pm

At this point all the birds I see seem to be ASY birds . I was thinking I remember last season SY birds arriving all the way into and beyond the middle of April. I should’ve had more gourds done. I have 32. We’ll just have to wing it this year and I’ll have another satellite rack for next season and that’ll give a count of 48,that’s enough. I had like 16-18 or last season so the 32 should do it for this year.

Whippy · Sat Mar 13, 2021 5:28 pm

PM,

When they are in their routine tonight take a picture of them all and count them in the picture. You should be able to get the whole area of the sky and you can count the black dots if that what it comes down to.

I've seen biologists who study geese do this.

Coolwhips

PMDavid · Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:04 pm

Good idea whippy. Some of em just seem to do their own thing . Some are in resting before the main flurry.some evenings you see em all and some not. I’ll try that in the next few days if I can catch em when they all seem to be out at the same time. So if I’ve got 4-6 weeks left for arrivals and I would expect these to bring in more I may have a butt load of birds ! Thanks whipper for that prediction you made!