I have heard the stories from the ol' timers of how the ducks I see now don't hold a candle to the numbers of years ago, I've seen the pictures of the flocks of birds you hunters have in other parts of the county. I have seen decent numbers of bird myself not the awesome numbers of others but let me tell you now I have seen the mother load to compare the greater flocks you speak of. I was invited out yesterday to go on a fishing trip to look for the mackerel that are supposedly making their run now (which we did not find) but what we did see was quite impressive. We ran the beach about a mile out or so but to the south for 20 miles was a flock of white winged scoter that spanned the entire distance we traveled it looked like swarm of bees to the south and no matter where you looked there was a flock of 30 or better going to join the rest it was an innumerable amount. My fishing partner, and hunting partner, found ourselves just staring at this cloud of bird and not even looking for the mackerel anymore. It was like nothing we have ever seen in our lives! We didn't catch our fish but it was truly a memorable experience sorry no pictures to share but we don't allow cameras or bananas on early season fishing trips its a ju ju thing. thanks for reading.