1 boback pheasant Sorenson's Jan 20, 1979 Last week-end of the duck season. There were no ducks but we did pick up the last of the decoys and cleared the blinds & stools and floor boards. There has been some flooding of low-lying areas south of us and I suppose that's where the ducks are hanging out. Among the flotsam passing high overhead were three bunches of canvasbacks -- 15 to 20 each. Lower at our level there were a surprising number of curlews, mostly males, in little groups of two or three, or singles. I wonder if they are already coming back from the southland, preparing to nest? We haven't seen this many all season. Coming in on Friday afternoon we only found 15 hen-turtles and we were looking hard. I still think that food prices like we had in early January drove them to the shelter of the foothills. Perhaps they are filtering back, however, for we counted 21 going out Saturday. Found lots of pheasants on Bobcats. Woody and I didn't stay long but Dennis and Cox with guests got 20 some birds.