From Jeff Ellerbusch, 3/7/2011:

Stopped at the Friends Blind from 1:30ish-2ish and, at least in comparison to last week, it was disappointingly empty. When I got there the ducks were obviously agitated by something – this continued throughout as most of the remaining birds flushed within my time there. I would assume one of the Eagles was perched out of sight. The easy highlight were the Pintails. They were already starting to flush, in small numbers, from the farthest and out of sight, back, right-hand corner when I got there. Conservative estimate through the first 20 min would be 60 birds. However right when I was about to leave something, or the same thing, spooked up a big group and they kept on coming. 118 Pintail flushed out of the same corner in 5 minutes…birds were still flushing in two’s and three’s when I had to leave.

-Canada goose- 200
-Wood Duck- 10
-Am. Wigeon- 4
-Black Duck- 5
-Mallard- 20
-G-w Teal- 7
-No. Pintail- 178
-Ring-necked- 30
-Lesser Scaup- 2
-Bufflehead- 3
-Hooded Merg- 3

No Tundra’s this time though with all this flooding they have even more room to wander…if still there. Few Rusties in with small R-winged flock.