First morning of "ice out" (pics)

[jonny_redhorse]

yesterday this little lake was still 50% froze over!....this morning she was gone!...it's official flocks of different species of migrating ducks were swimmin all over the place!..."bills"...mallards, mergansers, buffleheads, teal(and whatever else)...plus there was a blanket of fog on the lake this morning....

[MN Shutterbug]

I love that 2nd shot. It's almost a little spooky.

[The_Duckslayer]

I vote #3. I like the reflections all the way across the lake. Thanks for sharing! Take care and N Joy the Hunt././Jimbo

[fishonnopeoff]

I like the 3rd one WOW!

[MIKE IN lINO III]

Johnny,

What kind of ducks are those in the 2nd picture? I saw a ton of these at the lake this weekend but I have never seen them duck hunting.

Mike

[MarchelRipley1]

All very nice photo's.

[Dbl]

Nice work as always jonny.

[jonny_redhorse]

Thanks Guys!.....Mike,if I remember from my duck hunting days..those ducks are "scaups"or also known as "bluebills"...one species has a purplish irredescent head(lesser scaup) and the other has a greenish irredescent head(greater scaup)...not sure which of the 2 these are....to far away

[hendenhook]

All three of those are great, they give you the feel for early spring and the open water to come - the migrants are back.

Thanks for the post.

[Swimmer]

Thanks again Jonny. I like the way the fowl in #2 seem disordered and kind of "confused" if you get my drift.

[Redstormy]

Wow I love these, especially the second one

[fishing tech]

The 2nd and 3rd would make nice puzzles. Very nice!!

[Griggs]

Great pictures, I love stumbling onto that stuff, although it seems like when I do I don't have my camera! Great pictures!

I would open a couple of those up in photoshop or something and level out the horizons.

I vote #2 !!