Hurricane before and after

[skyhunter]

Pay attention to the "V" form by the sticks to the left of the buck in the 1st photo; especially the left fork of the "V" which I estimate to be over 3 +1/2 feet off the ground. In the second picture (duck) taken Sunday at 1:15pm in Orange County, NY, the left side of that "V" has almost dissapeared under water. The water was a inch or two shy of the camera which was 4' off what was dry ground before the storm. This set does sit 35 ft from a creek.

BTW, can anybody identify these waterfowl that just showed up?

[burmjohn]

Wow, thats a lot of water. Kinda neat to see ducks

[Geno C]

holy! that is ALOT of water!

[Doewhacker]

Man that was a close one for your camera eh?

I am going to try to remember to take a pic from my spot, it flooded again this year and I can usually find debri way up in the tree's which is something to see.

[biggamefish]

I took mine out because It was near a swamp and I set it low. Mine would have been under the water. Good thing yours was alright.

[biggamefish]

The first couple look like female mallards don't know what the last one is i would guess it is a wood duck but it has no green on it.

[ny hunter]

Never mind the ducks.Thats some Buck I hope you get a shot at him.

[G-Man]

Nice! glad u didnt lose your camera.. wish i could help identify the ducks but im not a waterfoul hunter...

[littlebird13]

i got water pics too after the hurricane only it was in my basement 7ft of it lol

[skyhunter]

The first couple look like female mallards don't know what the last one is i would guess it is a wood duck but it has no green on it.

You are correct with the wood duck and the mallards but the mallards are immature males.

OK, i got the ID's of the ducks from another forum. Archerytalk.com has a lot of wildlife experts over there.

I found out that most of these are adolecent "drakes"; young males in their molting stage.

1st is a green wing teal hen

2nd +3rd are drake mallards and the last pic is a drake wood duck.

that explains why they don't yet have the colors of adults.

[pawle76]

very cool pics !!