240 
2 broods of Canada geese with 8 young, 38 broods of waterfowl (30 of mallards) with 
680 young, and 2 broods of coots with 10 young were seen, 
Ruby Lake, Nevada Despite a generally cold, late season with snow remaining 
all summer on the Ruby Mountains, 4,176 young of 11 species of waterfowl were produced, 
Cinnamon teal predominated, followed in order by redhead, canvasback, and mallard. 
Canada goose production declined only slightly. That of the ducks, however, increased 
242 percent over 1949 numbers. 
Stillwater, Nevada This new refuge area gives great promise as a waterfowl 
breeding area. During 1950, the first season under service management, 2,880 nesting 
pairs, 15 of which were Canada geese were seen. It is estimated that because of the 
dense emergent vegetation no more than 75 percent of the nestings were observed. These 
included 650 nesting redheads, 340 cinnamon teal, and 125 gadwall. Counted were 6 broods 
of Canada geese with 46 goslings, 94 broods of redheads with 2,300 young, and 37 broods 
of gadwall with 1,335 young. In all, 168 broods of ducks with 5,070 young were recorded. 
In addition, 5,500 coot were produced. 
Malheur, Oregon The season was late, but 3,700 Canada geese, 59,920 ducks, 
and 30,000 coots were produced. Gadwalls predominated with 35,000. The total count 
was based on 20 percent coverage of the waterfowl habitat. 
Bear River, Utah Based on a coverage of 10 percent of nesting area from ground 
and air, estimated Canada goose production was the same as in 1949, but duck production 
was approximately 13 percent less than in 1949. There was the same number (15,000) of 
coots produced as in 1949. © 
Little Pend Oreille, Washington Precipitation was 1.25 inches more than for the 
same period last year, but far below the normal average. Temperature averages were 
over 6 degrees lower in May than for the same period in 1949. There was no goose 
nesting. Fourteen broods of ducks with 68 young were observed. This was a slight 
increase over 1949 records when 10 broods with 57 young were observed. 
