Steve will this affect the chick survival?

Don Shearer

Don Shearer

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Hi,

Why is it snowing on June 10th? I do not think there will be in cuties sun bathing in the city park today. Dang!

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Picture from Campus taken about 15 minutes ago.

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How widespread is it?

I suspect the "chicks" will just dress in fleece and wear socks with their croc's but.....the view won't be som nice but they'll survive.....

OHH WAIT...you were talking about Quail and Pheasants weren't you......

Pheasants shoudl have been off for a couple of weeks now so they should be o.k....the first two weeks of June is prime Quail the peak hatching time so they're at risk if that stuff is wide spread and doesn't get gone quick.......

Hopefully its isolated.....

Got the GREEN WIENIES that you sent....Thanks for those and the note.....I'm looking forward to using them....with gas prices the way they are I might have to take up "planter" fishing as my sport...I can walk to that.....

Steve
 
Hi,

The good news is I beleive it is isolated to Whitman and Latah counties. The bad news is it started at 6:30 am and has not slowed down one bit, nor does it look like it will stop anytime soon.

My best,

Don
 
It was quite a surprise this morning. My son Sam had fun going outside and throwing snowballs at me.
 
That same storm has hit us here in the Flathead Valley, rain started about eight this morning, it turned to snow within a half hour and has snowed steadily all day, it's three pm right now. About two inches on the ground, my wife's flowers are buried. It's supposed to drop over two feet in Glacier Park. I'm really worried about our Pheasant hatch, here and east of the mountains, cold-wet weather in June usually wreaks havok.
 
Could that be the same system that hit me? It snowed Sunday and Mon Am and is still cold now. Not good for grouse babies.

Mike
 
I think all game birds in general are going to "take it on the chin"(as my ornithology professor would say)this year in many areas. Initially it seems many birds got an early start around here and then we had frosts, freezes and cool wet weather. Now with all the inclement weather in the midwest and bizarre snows out west I'm sure quail will be in bad shape. Southern and Central Indiana are disaster areas and I'm thinking turkey quail and pheasant are going to be wiped out many areas. With such widespread flooding I got to thinking about it the other day....do turkey just fly from tree to tree, fencerow to fencerow until the find dry ground? I realize poults are precocial and can fly pretty quick but this is asking a lot. I would assume that the quail will be devastated in many areas. Its a real shame.
 
I thought about what a said above and wanted to add something to my comments. While I think it's ashame that many birds and small mammals are going to have a huge problem with survival in many areas I don't want to diminish the incredible grief and suffering thousands of people have endured this spring. Besides tornado and drowning victims, there are thousands of families that have lost their homes. There are many tragedies that have occured from this nasty weather.
 
Crazy year for sure Don, hard to believe that photo at this time of of year. It was 36 here this morning at sunrise. The crazy part is.....they are predicting 89 degrees here by Friday! I hope so because I have 500 young pheasant going into my flight pen in two weeks!

Thank goodness I waited to order the partridges and quail until this past week. It's been a weird Spring for sure.

I would'nt worry about wxing up your ski's just yet Don, this can't last too long at this time of year.........I Hope!

Take care,

Dave
 
Dave,

Back to green here today. Still chilly and wet but the snow is gone. The bride even had the furnace going when I got home. Good luck with the birds. Sounds like a lot of work. I have neer seen a bob white. I was under the impression they were smaller than valley quail but from what you wrote about them getting to 1 lb I must have been mistaken. I look forward to pictures of your bird raisin operation.

My best,

Don
 
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