PACIFIC FLYWAY 
Summary of Pacific Flyway Waterfowl Indices 
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In January 1955 the wintering population of waterfowl in the Pacific 
Flyway showed a decrease for the first time in several years. 
Waterfowl - The 1955 index for waterfowl is one percent above the average 
level for the 6-year period 1950-55 and compared to individual years 
is: 
10 percent below 1954 
3 percent below 1953 
7 percent above 1952 
2 percent above 1951 
14 percent above 1950 
Ducks - The 1955 index for the Pacific Flyway is 4 percent above the 
average level for the past 6 years and compared to individual years 
is: 
7 percent below 1954 
1 percent below 1953 
7 percent above 1952 
19 percent above 1951 
11 percent above 1950 
Among the ducks, the indices were: 
1. About the same for: pintail, shoveler, baldpate, 
ruddy, gadwall, redhead, bufflehead and old squaw. 
2. Noticeably up for: green-winged teal and canvasback. 
3. Noticeably down for: mallard, scaup, scoter and 
eider, goldeneye and merganser. 
Geese - The 1955 goose index is 16 percent below the average for the 6-year 
period 1950-55 and compared to individual years is: 
] percent below 1954 
9 percent below 1953 
5 percent below 1952 
52 percent below 1951 
17 percent above 1950 
Among the species of geese, the snows remained about the same, 
Canadas decreased, and cacklers and white-fronts increased. 
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