23 
Table V.- Beresford Sloughs, Kamloops Area, June 3, 1955. 


Mallard z5 Ring-necked Duck 2 
Pintail 24 Lesser Scaup 39 
Baldpate 13 Goldeneye 21 
Gadwall 3 Bufflehead 2 
Blue-winged Teal 1 Ruddy Duck 14 
Shoveler _ 9 Unidentified 45 
Total Ducks 198 

Information on Canada goose nesting was obtained fram islands in 
Vaseaux Lake and near Wilmer in the Columbia Valley. A total of 39 nests 
were found on Hatfield's Island in Vaseaux Lake on May 3. A second visit to the 
island on June 4 indicated that 179 goslings had been successfully hatched there. 
The island near Wilmer was visited on April 29, and 24 nests, con- 
taining 121 eggs, were counted. This island was visited again on June 24, and a 
successful hatch of at least 70 goslings was indicated, Nine nests had been 
flooded after the hatch, and evidence of success or failure was therefore lacking. 
However, it is very probable that several of these nests were successfully hatched. 
Production 
Production in British Columbia was again delayed by the cool, damp 
spring. The first broods were observed near Kamloops on June 3, when two 
broods of 10 and 12 Class I mallards were seen. 
Mid-summer counts were carried out on the Cariboo study areas from 
July 26 to 29 this year. Information obtained from these counts is compared in 
Table VI with that obtained in previous years. 
Table VI. - Mid-Summer Counts, Cariboo Parklands, 
1954 1955 
Adult Young Adult Young 
Mallard 15 25 45 45 
Baldpate il 33 11 55 
Pintail l - 35 - 
Gadwall - - 5 17 
Green-winged Teal 14 16 50 15 
Blue-winged Teal 27 - 8 - 
Shoveler - - z 3 
Redhead 13 41 30 75 
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