MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY 
Using 1950 as the first year of comparable data in Indiana, 59.2 
wood duck broods were observed per 100 miles of stream transects. 
The number increased to 64.2 in 1951, and 72.3 in 1952, but dropped 
to 63.6 in 1953, and 62.2 in 1954. Meanwhile, the average number 
of young wood duck per brood was 7.1 for 1951 and 1952, increased 
to 8.8 in 1953, and dropped back to 8.3 in 1954. As compared to 
1953, the drop in broods and decrease in number of young per brood 
resulted in a decrease in total production of 44 young per 100 miles or 
or 7.9 percent, The first appearance of broods was about 2 weeks 
later than usual this year. 
Conclusions - 
The production of wood ducks will be slightly less than last 
year in Indiana. 
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