By Dan Dauw
Geneseo Current
Flew the Coup
I’m trying to figure out just why the disappearance of birds at our feeders. Is it because they can find food more easily now with no snow and the advent of spring? Could it be the birds have found their mates and are busy building nests, or the bird virus it taking its toll on our local bird population?
I miss asking Glen Anderson (now deceased) on questions concerning our feathered friends. He was the expert.
This morning, as I type this, a northern flicker paid us a visit. I had not seen one since one time during the winter. The U.S. Agriculture Dept. has said that more than 12,000 individual birds recently tested positive with the virus. That number of dead birds is not in those numbers as dead birds were not in the count. Northern cardinals and other kinds of birds like to visit bird feeders, but they can become infected and die. Bald eagles can become infected by eating infected dead animals.
Ducks, like mallards, can shed the virus in their feces or saliva which infects other birds or mammals. So far, the experts say that feeders are somewhat safe, but should be cleaned regularly. The risk of the bird flu virus spreading to people from bird feeders is very low.
Quiz
Let’s see how smart of angler you are?
1) What is the easiest way to wade across a river?
2) Which is faster, a boat traveling at 10 knots or one
travelling at 11 mph?
3) Which common fish is sometimes called a bowfin or flake?
4) What is a calm part of water on a river called?
5) What is ‘Tenk fishing?
Answers below.
Yeah, right!
The 10 most popular sports in the world are? 1) Football (soccer),
2) Cricket, 3) Hockey, 4) Tennis, 5) Volleyball, 6) Table Tennis, 7) Basketball,8) Rugby, 9) Boxing, and 10) Horse Racing & Equestrian. So, ‘yer going totell me more people participate in Rugby, Boxing or Table Tennis than Fishing?
Ikes Fish Fry
Make sure you circle April 12th on ‘your family calendar or iphone. That is the date of the Geneseo Izaak Walton League “Spring Fish Fry.”
If you like walleye, sauger, bluegill, crappie and catfish, you’d better show up for quite a feast. Fish and all the trimmings will be served in the Ike’s Lodge, Ikes Park, 1 mile north of Geneseo, off Rt. 82.
The event starts at 6 p.m. for all members and guests. Bring a dish or two to share. It’s all free and believe me, it is “sooooo” good!
Tom Simpson, Colona, caught these nice crappies last week at a private lake. He also caught some big bass, but let them go.
Got a Double
I haven’t caught a “double” in a long time. Ha! I have a hard time catching a “single” let alone two. A “double” is when you’re fishing with two hooks on the end of your line. It happened last week when I caught two nice crappies on the same line.
When I wasn’t Old
This happened a long time ago and I probably shouldn’t bring it up, but maybe it will save some other “guy” an embarrassment. I had a small duck that a friend gave me. I decided to take a bath and I thought Mr. Duck would enjoy the bathtub, too! Well, I’m not quite sure how to say this, but I don’t know if it was hungry or mad, but it bit me and it held on for a few seconds. Moral of the story is, guys, “do not take a bath with a duck!”
Oh, and yes, ducks have teeth, or at least that duck did.
Quiz Answers
1)Go downstream. 2) 10 knots (11.51 mph). 3) Dogfish. 4) An Eddy.
5)A form of Japanese fly fishing.
Humor
What do you call a fish with no eye? Ans: “A Fsh.”
Why do oceans never go out of style? Ans: “Because they’re always current.”
True….Make sure to get enough sleep when traveling through Ecuador. Yawning in public is considered tacky.
Quiz
“A government big enough to give you everything you want. But strong enough to take everything you have.” - Thomas Jefferson