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Table IV - Waterfowl Breeding Ground Survey in Saskatchewan - 
Kinde rsley-Eston Area (20.5 Square Miles) 



A. - Ground-to-Air Comparison 
Breeding Pairs Represented Broods | 
(Per Square Mile) (Percentage) (Per Square Mile) 
Average AIR Average AIR Ground AIR AIR 
SPS ES Bee Rm Rene OE eR Yd eM a SEES POLY oe Bre SUNS OG 1 Aly 
Pintail 28,0 22.4 47.6 66.8 9.9 fa 4.4 
Mallard 12.0 6.0 20.4 17.9 5.0 1.8 2.8 
Shoveler 5.8 2.0 9.8 6.0 2.9 1,5 0.8 
B-w. teal 4.6 0.6 7.8 1.8 2.0 0.4 0.3 
Baldpate 3.4 1.6 5.8 4.8 1.5 1.2 0.3 
G-w. teal 2.0 0.1 3.4 0.4 1.2 - - 
Gadwall 1.2 0.5 2.1 1.5 0.1 1.0 0.3 
Scaup 1.2 0.15 2.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.8 
Redhead 0.3 - 0.6 - 0.3 - - 
Canvasback 0.3 0.15 0.6 0.4 0.05 - 0.3 
Ruddy 0.1 - 0.1 - - - - 
Total 58.8 33.6. 23.2 9.3 9.8 
Adjusted for unidentified. 
Brood Age Classification Brood Size 
Total Class I Class [I Class III Average Total 
Ground July-2-8 420 32 23 45 7.1 309 * 
Air June 27 36 25 39 36 7.1 36 
Air July 9 42 26 26 48 7.57 17 

* June, July and August Broods. 
B. - Banding 
Mal-Gad- Bald-G-w. B-w. Shov- Pin- Red- Canv; Sc. Total 
lard wall pate teal teal eler tail head back 

Thompson et al: 
Flightless Males 39s 1 ~ 4 18 121 - -  - 183 
Flightless Females 31 - PA 2 1 24 77 - - - 137 
Gollop et al: | 
Flightless Males 49 2 16 14 42 ~—-«O31 36 2 1 3 196 
Flightless Females 39 2 °10 13 27 39 44 ~O- 1 8 183 
pe Sie Decalre de SN eget we SEED BEN pees Mien ener mPa, ek, pe ee ee BS a 
Total 158 4 29 29 74 112 «6278 —)= 2 z 11 699 
ADULTS: 5 
NECK-BANDING: Mallards 81; Pintails 209; TOTAL - 290. 

