Sorenson's Dec 26, 1979 Brought Jinty out for a big duck shoot and ended up with a dud. After three days of torrential rain and wind, the weather cleared and a strong north wind blew at daylight. The view from #6 blind was promising - bunches of ducks including plenty of geese buffeting over us at 30 yds right up till shooting time. Then the fliers lifted and veered away from the blind, as we stayed till 10 AM without getting a decent shot. Jinty popped away at a few flying birds without drawing a feather. Ducks were rafted up in the flooded corn field just east of us (between our pond and Bilmore). Even as we left there was still action over that field. Boys in the main pond and in Sorenson killed a few ducks but no one got a limit. I haven't seen so many shorebirds in many a day. Big plovers kept cruising by but even they wouldn't give our spread a decent pass. I wonder if the pitching decoys, flashing wet in the sunlight, may spook them. Boys out in mid-day we only counted 12 kestrels. The big storm doubles drove many to the shelter of foothills but also the strong N wind blowing all day may have put birds into sheltered perches, out of sight. Saw very few geese - only some mall gaggles and teal.