Backlit Bonies - 08 Apr 2026
Skies were clear, winds were calm (here) but the temperature was an even 32ºF as I drove to Pt. Mouillee SGA. I'd arrive at the Mouillee Creek parking lot shortly before 8:30 am and find the winds already picking up. A half-dozen Great Egrets were enjoying the first rays of the sunrise in the west side of Mouillee Creek (relative to the Turnpike). As I started riding the Middle Causeway I noticed that the dikes have been GRADED! Turning north along the west side of the Walpatich Unit the ground was soft and gravelly, and that meant a somewhat rough ride. I'd encounter graded dikes out to the Lautenschlager Unit, Middle Causeway, North Causeway and all dikes separating Lautenschlager, Nelson, Bloody Run and Long Pond Units. After checking the Lautenschlager Unit (water was high and duck numbers were down) I looped back to the Middle Causeway, then back north along the Bloody Run Unit. Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Ruddy Duc...
