APPENDIX 
A. WATERFOWL WINTER SURVEY TABLES 
TABLE A-l.--Survey of waterfowl on their winter habitat, January 1965 
[Nearest hundreds] 
Species 
Pacific 
Fly way 2 
Central 
Fly way 1 
Mississippi 
Flyway 
Atlantic 
Flyway 
Total 
North America 
Ducks; 
Dabblers: 
Mallard- 
1,593, 800 
1,830,100 
2, 972, 000 
175,100 
6,571,000 
Black duck- 
— 
100 
158,900 
329,800 
488,800 
Mottled duck- 
— 
11,800 
52, 500 
3, 300 
67,600 
Gadwall-— 
97,800 
151,900 
1, 209, 600 
23, 400 
1, 482, 700 
American widgeon - 
1,055,200 
361, 200 
246, 200 
690,600 
91,900 
2,198, 900 
Green-winged teal - 
694, 000 
656,900 
50, 900 
1,648,000 
Blue-winged teal— 
138, 200 
69, 900 
93, 300 
8, 300 
309, 700 
Cinnamon teal- 
9, 200 
-- 
— 
9, 200 
Shoveler- 
611,200 
93,100 
202, 700 
14,000 
921, 000 
Pintail-- 
2, 907, 700 
566,500 
1, 006, 400 
132,400 
4, 613, 000 
Tree duck- 
— 
4, 800 
-- 
— 
4, 800 
Subtotal- 
7,107,100 
3, 335, 600 
7, 042, 900 
829,100 
18,314, 700 
Divers: 
Redhead - 
59,100 
54, 900 
444,400 
48, 300 
105, 500 
657,300 
Canvasback-— 
21, 700 
41, 600 
402,500 
158,700 
276, 900 
Scaup-— 
273, 800 
125, 500 
694,300 
1, 496,100 
Ring-necked duck — 
9, 400 
19, 800 
125,100 
137, 400 
291, 700 
Goldeneye- 
53, 300 
8, 200 
24,000 
74, 400 
159, 900 
Bufflehead- 
36,200 
5, 800 
4, 000 
31, 500 
77, 500 
Ruddy duck- 
191,800 
54, 300 
30, 700 
62, 200 
339, 000 
Subtotal- 
678, 500 
679, 700 
676,100 
1, 264, 000 
3, 298, 300 
Miscellaneous: 
Eider and scoter— 
13, 600 
— 
— 
191,500 
205,100 
Oldsquaw- 
800 
— 
1,600 
— 
2, 400 
Merganser- 
16, 900 
104,800 
61, 300 
48,100 
231,100 . 
Subtotal- 
31, 300 
104, 800 
62, 900 
239, 600 
438, 600 
Unidentified- 
229, 900 
160, 000 
35, 600 
45, 600 
471,100 
Total ducks- 
8, 046, 800 
4, 280,100 
7, 817, 500 
2, 378, 300 
22, 522, 700 
See footnotes p. 36 
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