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et aL, unpublished) and at the Eek River (17, 22, and 24-26 June 1985; 

 M. Brown et al., unpublished). Swans migrated through the Tuluksak 

 River area and along the coast in late fall (Table 3). 



Table 3- Use of Nanvak, Chagvan, and Goodnews bays and adjacent 

 wetlands by abundant, common, and fairly common migrating 

 waterfowl and shorebirds. 







\A\ctrlt\f\f\ 



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Migration 



Common 



population 



dates 



population 



dates 



name 



in spring 



(peak) 



in fall 



foeak^ 



Tundra swan 







hundreds 



Sept.-Oct. 



White-fronted 











goose 



hundreds 



30 Apr- 5 May 



hundreds 



7 Aug.-7 SepL 

 (mid-Aug.) 



Emperor goose 



tens of 



18 Apr.-9June 



tens of 



19 Aug.-6 Oct 





thousands 



(mid-May) 



thousands 



(late Aug.) 



Brant 



tens of 



28 Apr- 17 June 



tens of 



10 Aug.-6 Oct. 





thousands 



(mid-Mayj 



thousands 



(early Sept.) 



Canada goose 



tens of 

 thousands 



20 Apr- 10 June 



thousands 



mid-Aug.-mid-Oct. 

 (early Sept.) 



Green-winged 











teal 



hundreds 



1-19 May 



thousands 



Aug. -Oct. 



Mallard 



hundreds 



28 Apr.- 17 May 

 (2 May) 



thousands 



5 Sept.- 10 Oct 



Northern pintail 



thousands 



L 1 Apr.- 1 / May 

 (2-4 May) 



thousands 



Zo July-0 Oct 

 (Sept.) 



American wigeon 



hundreds 



29 Apr.- 18 May 

 (1 May) 



hundreds 



25 Aug.-Oct. 



Greater scaup 



hundreds 



23 Apr.-31 May 

 (10-15 May) 



thousands 



Sept.-Oct. 



Common eider 



thousands 



early Apr.- 

 early June 



thousands 



Sept. -Nov. 



King eider 



tens of 

 thousands 



Apr. -June 

 (early May) 



thousands 



July-? 



Steller's eider 



tens of 



Apr.- 14 June 



thousands 



4 Aug.-Oct. 





thousands 



(5-13 May) 





(Aug., early Oct.) 



Oldsquaw 



hundreds 



18 Apr.- 12 June 



hundreds 



Aug.-OcL 

 (late Sept.) 



Black scoter*^ 



tens of 

 thousands 

 thousands 



23 Apr.-20June 



(1 May) 

 mid-June-late July 

 (11 July) 



1,000's 



Aug.-OcL 



Surf scoter 



hundreds 



late June-mid-July 







