CENTRAL FLYWAY 

Index to Index to 
No, of Broods Percent Later Production*® Percent 
Specied 1952 1953. - Change 1952 1953 Change | 
Mallard 155,510 92,130 - 41 44,030 107,890 + 145 
Pintail 272,160 36,150 # =~ 87 13,510 32,870 + 143 __ 
B-w. Teal. 17,500 7,890 - 55 18,470 35,380. + 92 
G-w. Teal 800 0 or 1, 860 3,460 + 86 
Gadwall 7,580 8, 120 + 7 (12,400 14,840 + 20 
Baldpate 10,520 8, 850 - 16 18,000 21,080 + 17 
Shoveler 32,380 18,550 - 43 11,670 . 13,390 + 15 
‘Total Puddlers496,400 171,790 - 65 119,990 228,910 + 9) 
Redhead © 420 - - 3,220  7,.970 + 147 
Canvasback 6,840 7,220 + 6. 830 15, 660 +++ 
Scaup 1,530 3, 870 +153 8,700 28,450 + 227 
Ringneck ~ 420 - ~ « 2,990 = | 
Ruddy 3,150 750 - 76 7,130 14,020 + 97 | 
Scoter 390 ~ - - 2,540 - 
Goldeneye - - = 920 ~ v= 
Bufflehead - - ~ ~ 450 . 
Total Divers 12,750. 11,840 - 7 20,800 72,080 + 246 | 
Total Ducks 509,200 183,630 - 64 140,790 300,990 + 114 
Coot 28,775 8,380 - 71 84,230 53,480 ~ 36 
-*Based on lone drakes, lone hens and paired birds observed during 
July transects, 
Conclusions ~ The relative size of the fall flight coming south from 
Saskatchewan this fall is largely dependent on the success of the birds 
observed during the July transects which had not yet produced a brood, 
Conditions seem favorable for a sizable late production, thus it seems _ 
dikely that Saskatchewan will produce a larger crop of birds than during 
an average year, but will probably send less south than it did last year, 

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