2 sprige 1 greenbied 3 s-w teal 1 widgeon Sorensen Dec. 31, 1977 Although there was fog locally last night, the morning broke clear with a light north breeze. First time we have seen the sun in a corn-ase. Perhaps it was the first time in weeks that sprigs have actually worked our stick-up decoys. But this they did, as we had good shooting in #4, fair in #6, a bit in #5 and nothing much in no.2. I'd limited in #4 by 8:30 and I moved over. Left at 9:45 with a total of 6 ducks at wood lake & #5 as Rennie could come over from #2. Ultimately he got 4 good shots at sprigs and bagged 2, along with several widgeon taken in #2. This was the most dazzling show of waterfowl we have seen all season - great shine (or sometime clouds) of ducks, flocking hundreds of sandhill cranes, hawks, swans, geese & Speckle-Geelies. It was worth the price of admission just to see the birds. After lunch we went for pheasants, and between five of us bagged 8 birds, in the hot corner and north along the double ditch. In warm sunshine the birds held beautifully. Let's dog "Jake" held several points as solid as could be. Between us we saw not one single jack-snipe - they have left obviously. I had tire trouble so we went out via Medway - relatively poor feral habitat (Count - 13).