ATLANTIC FLYWAY 
Production Indices - 
Table II gives the results of the 1954 aerial production survey 
compared with 1952 and 1953. 
Table II - Comparable Aerial Brood Survey Data 
1952 1953 1954 

Black Duck 
Adult 875 1,516 894 
Broods 60 46 55 
Ringneck 
' Adult 86 116 237 
Broods 6 4 a 
Goldeneye 
Adult 54 66 61 
Broods 1 9 2 
Total Game Ducks 
Adult . Lobizd 1, 780 1, 263 
Broods 75 59 59 
As has already been pointed out, weather conditions for 1954 
have been behind last year. This could have influenced the brood 
data in the following manner. [It could have delayed the main hatch 
of black ducks and thus given a larger number of non-flying young 
this year as compared with last year. Some of last year's so-called 
"adults'' may have been in effect flying young. 
Ground surveys throughout the Maritime Provinces showed that 
less broods than average were observed in 1954. It is probable that 
the higher water level in most duck breeding areas allowed the broods 
to stay in cover in which they were extremely difficult to find. Broods 
were large this year and averaged 7.3 ducklings per brood for all 
species. Black ducksbroods averaged 7.2 ducklings and goldeneye 7.4. 
Numbers of ducklings in Class I and II broods were especially high. 
Conclusions - 
It is anticipated that the fall flight from the Maritime Provinces 
will be about the same as last year. 
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