

Table I, - Kindersley-Eston, Saskatchewan Study Area (20.5 Square Miles) Breeding Population - 1953-1952 
Pairs Represented Pin- Mall- Shov- B-w. Bald- Gew. Gad- Red- Canvas~ Ruddy Unid. 
tail ard eler teal pate teal wall Scaup head _ back duck Total 
Ground - 1953 
May 20-21 * 412 293 92 68 52 12 28 29 1 oo. 0 21 1,016 
June 10-11 x x 82 68 53 6 27 17 3 15 ] x x 
Ground - 1952 
May 20-22 664 241 146 123 91 35 24 24 2 2 1 14 1, 367 
June 3-5 806 360 169 174 , 103 71 44 37 12 22 0 5 1, 803 
Ground =~ 1953-1952 
Combined, 1953 412 293 92 68 53 12 28 29 3 15 1 21 1,027 
Combined, 1952 664 241 169 174 103 71 44 37 12 22 0 14 1,551 
Air (1953-1952) 
May 19, 1953 182 144 16 16 27 3 4 1 1 1 0 64 459 
May 18, 1952 345 92 30 10 25 2 8 2 0 2 0 172 688 
Percent Change (1953 over 1952) 
Ground, Combined -38 +22 -46 -61 -49 -83 -36 -~ 22 -75 -32 0 ~ - 34 
Air -47 +57 -47 +60 +8 +50 -50 - 50 +100 -50 0 - - 33 
Percent Drakes (1953) Ground 
May 20-21 77 69 54 57 53 60 50 57 (Insufficient Sample) 67 
June 10-11 x x 73 73 65 55 56 53 - u x 
Air 
May 19 79 «75 862 52 50 (Insufficient Sample) 72 
*The following groups of drakes and hens (listed by sloughs) have been omitted from these totals (o": 9) : 
Pintails: 5:1 4:2 2:1 2:1 2:1 6:3 3:] 7:3 5:3 19:6 3:1 4:2 3:1 8:2 5:l 9:20 3 
Mallards: 6:1 2:1 Shoveler 2:1 4:2 G-w. Teal: 4:] Canvasback: 2:1 
X - Because of flocked pintails and mallards on the June, 1953 coverage, items so marked could not be 
calculated, 
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