3 cock spri 1 greenhead 4 snipe Sorensen Jan 3, 1979 No fog, no mist, just some high clouds signifying arrival of a front. At daylight there were clouds of ducks and geese over the corn field west of us, but shortly after dawn they left and shooting was pretty thin the rest of the morning. I had two cock sprig in the first half hour but then missed a lot of shots and didn't score again until after 11:00. I don't know why my shooting was so atrocious - it's been getting worse recently. In the clear light birds were much more cautious than they have been recently under high fog and haze. All shooting was long, as many circling geese didn't come down at all - simply departed. Another factor may have been that the corn fields are dry or dry - not sticky adobe as was the case last week. The ducks had no need to come to water to clean up their bills and feet. Relatively few mallards today. On the contrary, the goose show was superb. Big mob of honkers, geese, and circling geese, and even a few snows were cruising overhead or dropping into the corn. Dennis got a speck at a bonker. Lots of snipe still. Worry as I got two specks on the way out of the marsh.