TABLE B-44.—Number of Canada geese by breeding classification, Moffat 
County, Colorado, 1964 
Area 
Nesting 
pairs 
Non¬ 
breeding 
pairs 
Goslings 
(estimate 1 ) 
Groups 
Total 
Percent change 
from— 
1963 
Average 
Yampa: 
Craig to Juniper Springs- 
20 
17 
114 
73 
261 
Juniper to Cross Mountain- 
13 
11 
71 
9 
128 
Lily Park- 
22 
9 
105 
28 
195 
Subtotal- 
55 
37 
290 
110 
584 
+25 
+174 
Green (Brown's Park)- 
— 
14 
— 
23 
51 
+240 
-7 
Little Snake (25 mi. up-stream 
from lower bridge)- 
25 
37 
137 
58 
319 
+105 
+177 
Total - 
80 
88 
427 
191 
954 
+49 
+149 
"^Includes both eggs and goslings. 
TABLE B-45.—Waterfowl breeding populations, by stratum, northern Saskatchewan, 
northern Manitoba, and western Ontario, May 1963 and 1964 
[ Index numbers, in thousands] 
Stratum 
Total 
Ontario 
C 
Manitoba 
Saskatchewan C 
Percent 
change 
Species 
D 
C 
South 1 
North 
1963 
1964 
Ducks: 
Dabblers: 
Mallard- 
56 
30 
47 
59 
179 
192 
+7.3 
Black duck- 
25 
— 
2 
2 
25 
30 
+20.0 
Gadwall- 
1 
5 
— 
2 
8 
9 
+12. 5 
American widgeon- 
4 
8 
9 
12 
24 
33 
+37.5 
Green-winged teal- 
6 
1 
3 
8 
10 
19 
+90. 0 
Blue-winged teal -- 
1 
12 
— 
23 
30 
37 
+23.3 
Shoveler- 
— 
13 
1 
12 
12 
26 
+116.7 
Pintail- 
2 
10 
3 
7 
20 
21 
+5.0 
Subtotal- 
95 
79 
65 
125 
308 
367 
+14.8 
Divers: 
Redhead - 
— 
8 
1 
8 
10 
17 
+70.0 
Canvasback-- 
— 
9 
4 
23 
31 
37 
+19.4 
Scaup- 
42 
39 
44 
72 
256 
197 
-23.1 
Ring-necked duck- 
15 
6 
19 
5 
120 
45 
-62.5 
Goldeneye- 
19 
1 
1 
2 
47 
23 
-51. 1 
Bufflehead- 
1 
2 
— 
6 
27 
9 
-66.7 
Ruddy duck- 
— 
— 
— 
— 
4 
1 
-75.0 
Subtotal- 
77 
65 
69 
116 
495 
329 
-33.5 
Miscellaneous: 
Scoter- 
— 
1 
2 
5 
23 
8 
-65.2 
Merganser- 
60 
7 
30 
12 
166 
109 
-34.3 
Subtotal- 
60 
8 
32 
17 
189 
117 
-38.1 
Total ducks- 
232 
152 
166 
258 
992 
813 
-19.1 
Canada geese- 
25 
— 
1 
— 
31 
27 
-12.9 
Coots- 
— 
16 
— 
3 
18 
17 
-5.6 
^Area not flown in 1964. 
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