25 


Table of Comparative Numbers - Cariboo Parklands - Spring 
Species - 1946. 1947 1949 1950 
Mallard 39 25 10 35 
Pintail 12 15 1 19 
Green-winged teal 7 19 2° 5 
Shoveler 5 9 2 5 
Baldpate 73 56 13 28 
Ring-necked duck 3 7 0 1 
Redhead 12 28 32 32 
Canvasback 21 17 25 20 
Lesser scaup 403 467 155 476 
Barrow's golden-eye 57 116 66 136 
Bufflehead 719 100 30 117 
Ruddy duck 31 42 28 59 
Total Ducks 742 901 364 933 
Coot 447 167 35 170 

Mid-summer counts on the same areas follow. 


Table of Comparative Numbers - Summer 
1948 1949 1950 
Species Adult Young Adult Young Adult Young 
Mallard 50 29 33 31 41 24 
Pintail 1 -- 8 18 29 27 
G-w. teal 7 -- 15 15 24 30 
B-w. teal 31 -- 23 -- 62 13 
Baldpate 192 13 48 188 be 82 
Shoveler 11 -- 10 -- 7 17 
Redhead 28 14 12 31 14 24 
Ring-necked duck -- -- -- -- 14 -- 
Canvasback 26 68 10 75 9 25 
Lesser scaup 344 -- 358 18 222 21 
Barrow's 
golden-eye — 88 148 61 280 142 169 
Bufflehead 48 72 46 120 46 46 
Ruddy duck 96 8 9 25 33 6 
American coot 61 24 93 105 71 87 
Total 922 352 633 801 695 484 
The increase in the waterfowl population noted in the spring survey is less 
noticeable in the midsummer count, and corroborates the supposition that part of the 
spring count was made up of migrant birds. Adult birds counted this summer from 
July 8 to July 20 show a slight increase over those counted last year. Young birds, 
particularly baldpate, canvasback, Barrow's golden-eye and bufflehead, show a 
marked decline in numbers, The apparent decreases in young baldpate and canvasback 
are possibly due to the delayed advent of the breeding season, Several broods of 
baldpate were found to be too small for banding purposes by members of the British 
Columbia Game Department staff. The reduction in young golden-eye and bufflehead 
perhaps reflects a reduction in breeding stock. Figures for adults of these species 
include non-breeding yearlings. 
