Friday- Thru this morning , 4.3" , came up barely a foot , still 6' down from full pool , just too slow and soft a rain on ground that hadn't had run off in 16 months. But our wheat farmers needed exactly what we got. Couldn't get to pond for 2 weeks , finally got out last Wednesday, Mr Cormorant and Mr. GBH were standing on same log , 18" apart , I got out , screamed , waved arms , GBH was a gone bird. Mr. C plopped into pond and started fishing , I screamed and waved arms , He fished. I ran up to my gun cabinet , retrieved my Ruger 10-22 , carefully placed a round in front of him , splashed water in his face , I was impressed with lead placement, he kept fishing , apparently my not being at pond in 2 weeks , he had established squatters rights. Placed 2nd round right in front of him splashing water in his face , he now took me seriously, and flew 200-250' up the canyon landing on the pond and back to fishing , this shot was scary (might accidently hit him , a protected bird and all ) , I ran around one of our barns, up a slope , dropped range to 100' splashed water in his face again , he flew 10' and sat down to fishing again and round #4 water in his face . He jumps and is flying the length of the pond back towards me, straight on , 24" off the water , round #5 and he flies thru the spray and sits down were the 1st round sprayed him , Yes , it's #6 and water in his face , he takes off E by NE , Learnin , bad news is he was last seen heading towards Grant County , but some well placed rounds may cause him to light somewhere between Tulsa OK and Parsons Ks. The good news, haven't seen Mr C or Mr GBH since that afternoon. Oh yes, back on subject , weather , forecast on my app says 70% Thursday and 100% chance of rain Friday , certainly praying here , need 6' in upper pond , taking delivery Thursday at 8am for 200 #'s of RT and 80#'s of Optimal feed for them. Learnin , that's a beautiful Flash Board system you built , hope it lasts decades for you.
