Jay and I made a 400 mile round trip to Lamar Peninsula to try to get some ducks in flight. When we arrived there were less than a dozen and one-half ducks there. The bonanza though was a male Bufflehead in breeding plumage with his mate and two Green-wing teal males. Normally there would be three to four dozen Pintails and Redheads on the lake and they would fly out over time in predictable paths allowing for fairly close shots in good light. The few Pintails and Redheads that were there gave as many opportunities for in flight shots in good light. As for the Green-wing Teal, they are afternoon opportunities. In the afternoon from about 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM the light is across the lake and if you stand at the edge of the reeds for cover and wait the Green-wing teal usually swim over to that side. Even so, you are afforded a shot at least half the distance across the lake as from the end of the lake by Beachfront Road. As for the divers, given patience and little motion, they eventually swim up toward the beach end of the lake where the deep water affords good diving and feeding. The opposite end has the depths for dabblers. Click on the 'Map This' button for a map of the lake's layout.

Usually on a day at that lake I would have at least 3000 shots, this day it was on 500. I have tried to post a sampling of what the day was like.