Lower Couris, Horth Dakota 
Mallard, Glue-winged teal, pintail, cadwall, and shoyeler nesting inersased 
aver 1948 with 54,600 youn: produced, 
Melneur, Oresron 
Brougot. Waterfowl nesting late, but duck and Canada poos¢ nesting up 15 
peresot ofer 19048. Nesting sucesss of gadwalls only 59.5 parcent becauss of 
eredation, possibly badrer., 
inedlecines Lake, wontans 
Swuamer mostly het and dry. Spring run-off nomel. Droucht conditions 
prevalent over much of tiontane this year adversely sffected waterfowl production. 
Production inersased on the refure from 47,500 birds in 1948 te 48,000 - 92,000 
in 1949, Olue-ewineesd teal was the largest nester, 
Wlonteguma, Now York 
Water conditions unususlly dry, but not adverse: to waterfarl, as long pariods 
af hot, dry weather favered nestins. Waterfowl heed tne mast successful nesting 
season an record for tha refuses. Young greduced included 990 blacks, 700 sach 
of mallares, blus-wineed teal. and wood duck. 
woantans Kasment Refuse Areas 
fater congitions good, Production of waterfowl above 1948 numbers on all 
Breas ¢xcent Lamsstecr. 
Moosehorn, Mains 
Heat and ary, Smell Droors dried up and eros damage Decems serious. 
Bresding population of waterfowl incrsassd aver 1948, Eixty pereent of nesting 
ducks wars blaces with ring-necked ducks secon in importauce. 
Mud Leke, sinnesota 
Rainfall over teies erenter than in 1949, Water Levels abnomnsally hich. 
haterfowl nesting Inersased over 1948. The most sbundnant species were mallard, 
blus-wingsd teal, olack duck, baldpate, and endwall in order - 118 broads of 
WucKSs Were chunted, 
Ninépipe and Pablo, Montana 
Water levels far below normel, Lack of rainfall.in Jung and heavy irriga- 
tion demands dried un many potholes, Only 4 broods of Capeda eeese at Ninepipes 
and nona at Pablo. Duck reproduction wus very disappointing. There was a better 
duck hateh at Willow Cresk than in 1948, 
Fed Rock Lakes, ijontana 
Shortags of moisturs - straams at lowest flow in years, Seventeen broods 
of trumpeter swan with $6 young - total of 185 tndividuals. Two broods of Canada 
reese were etserved, Duck production avarere with > detrense in Lesasr sesup 
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