Last year during the split we went down to Brookgreen Gardens and witnessed a very impressive number of ducks exiting their reimpounded marsh about 5:25 to 5:35 PM. There were also a good number of ducks that appeared to come into the marsh to roost.

We went down there yesterday for the "Night of 1000 Candles" Christmas emphasis. Of course, about 4:45 we made straight to the observation deck for the duck show. We were immediately aware that something was different, for there was no evidence of any waterfowl in the impoundment. We ended up counting fewer than 50 passing ducks even though we stayed at the observation deck until "pitch black." It did not appear that Brookgreen had grown a crop of rice this year.

Does anyone know if Brookgreen had problems with the field or just dropped the ball on management this year?