Another day in the duck marsh

[Richard Flanders]

My girl Bonnie, who roasted up quite nicely and was very tasty I can tell you - the grey jays are still picking on her carcass in the lower yard and will be fed the 3/8" thick slab of fat I froze and picked out of roasting pan - was banded by a biologist with whom I used to share a house in Anchorage and have known for many years. What are the chances??? - relatively high up here actually.... I called him last night and told him I shot one of his 'pets'. He said they banded 1000 birds so I'll keep looking. Another friend shot 3 banded birds out there this fall.