PACIFIC FLYWAY 
Summary of Pacific Flyway Waterfowl Indices 
No consistent trend up or down is shown by the waterfowl indices in the 
Pacific Flyway for the years 1949 through 1953. 
Waterfowl - The 1953 index for waterfowl is 3 percent above the average 
level for the 5-year period 1949-1953; and compared to 
individual years, stands: 
10 percent above 1952 
5 percent above 1951 
17 percent above 1950 
10 percent below 1949 
Ducks - The 1953 duck index for the Pacific Flyway is 4 percent above 
the average level for the 5-year period 1949-1953; and compared 
to individual years, stands: 
8 percent above 1952 
20 percent above 1951 
12 percent above 1950 
12 percent below 1949 
Among the ducks, the indices were: 
1, About the same for pintail, goldeneye, 
blue-winged teal, scoter, and eider. 
2, Noticeably up for mallard, baldpate, 
ruddy and canvasback, 
3. Noticeably down for shoveler, scaup, 
green-winged teal, bufflehead, iia 
and redhead, 
Geese - The 1953 goose index is 12 percent below the average for the 
5-year period 1949-1953, and compared to individual years, 
Stands: 

4 percent above 1952 
48 percent below 1951 
29 percent above 1950 
4 percent below 1949 
Among the species of geese, the Canada remained 
about the same; the white-fronted geese decreased 
noticeably, and the snow and cackler geese increased, 
Brant - The black brant index is 9 percent above the average for the 5-year 
period 1949-1953, and compared to individual years, stands: 
8 percent below 1952 
41 percent above 1951 
2 percent above 1950 
26 percent above 1949 
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