and water on foot. It's tough going but productive. Canoes or 

 small boats of car-top category are by far the best means of entry. 



There are snakes; the moccasin, and perhaps rattlers on higher 

 islands. But if you drop your birds in open water and use care 

 in looking for those that drop on land, danger is far less than in 

 highway driving. 



Doubling a heavy swatch of wild hay under me, I relaxed, 

 watching the clouds and cattails leaning before a slowly rising 

 wind. By now the first flight of the day had left the sky. Only 

 singles and an occasional small formation traveled over high. 



A lone teal came upwind, zigging and quartering the long 

 way of the pond. I dropped it out front and settled back. Walt's 

 gun roared twice and he yelled. That would mean his limit. 



Another teal corkscrewed in and I dropped it with the only 

 prideful shot I could claim for the morning. Five minutes later 

 the bow of the canoe poked out from the grass. 



I pointed out my birds and Ted collected them. 



Walt waved us toward a down bird on the water as we rounded 



Fishing, too, is good along the Tamiami Trail. 



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