Disyembre 5, 2025

Icing up.

Video by Meade.

ADDED: More swans from Meade:

Ipinaskil ni Ann Althouse sa 3:24 PM
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10 komento:

Phaedrus ayon kay ...

Pancake ice is definitely something you don’t want to walk on but great for breaking up and clearing a little hole for hunting ducks, geeses, and legal fowl. The birds will lift off feeding grounds and be look for water and those little broken holes become a warzone! Had that exact scenario in Stuttgart, AR 2 years ago and it was the most incredible duck/goose hunting I’ve ever experienced.

Just don’t shoot those MAGA Swans. They are federally protected!!

12/5/25, 3:58 PM
Meade ayon kay ...

Haha. Make Duck Hunting Great Again! Great to hear from you, Phaedrus.

12/5/25, 4:47 PM
RCOCEAN II ayon kay ...

The icy waters dont bother the birds. Not cold wimps.

12/5/25, 4:48 PM
Aggie ayon kay ...

I was just thinking about this yesterday, looking at the pictures and wondering if any ice had become established yet. Won't be long now.

12/5/25, 5:04 PM
Smilin' Jack ayon kay ...

Wow…I lived in Madison for years and I don’t think I ever saw swans on Mendota. Another scene from the Global Warming horror movie.

12/5/25, 6:01 PM
Original Mike ayon kay ...

There are swans on the lake! I heard what sounded like geese coming. I looked up and a flock of, I thought, white birds, were flying in the V-formation. They didn't go overhead, rather aways off, so didn't get a good look, but I wondered if they were swans.

12/5/25, 6:08 PM
tcrosse ayon kay ...

Who is Silvia? what is she, That all our swans commend her?

12/5/25, 6:46 PM
MadTownGuy ayon kay ...

Surf's up.

12/5/25, 9:09 PM
Rusty ayon kay ...

You know it's really cold up north when the swans arrive. I haven't seen any goldeneye yet, but they can't be far behind.
I don't wake up anymore at zero dark dark and twenty degreesF just to struggle into insulated underwear and waders to sit in a blind and watch Venus disappear as dawn breaks.

12/6/25, 10:03 AM
bagoh20 ayon kay ...

Why is there a tank in the lake?

12/6/25, 11:32 AM

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