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WATERFOWL BREEDING GROUND SURVEY IN MANITOBA 
Arthur S. Hawkins and Edward G. Wellein 
The sixth consecutive survey of waterfowl breeding conditions in Manitoba 
extended from April through August, with representatives of the Canadian Wildlife 
Service, Manitoba Game Branch, Wildlife Management Institute, Ducks Unlimited, 
and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service participating. As in the past the 
field personnel sought quantitative information showing population trends. This 
information was made available to the regulating committees of Canada and the 
United States in two reports; the first dealing with the status of the breeding 
population; the second with production. 
Now recognized as an integral part of the breeding ground work, a banding 
program again followed the production survey and will continue until freeze-up. By 
September 20, about 9,500 ducks had been banded, mostly this year's production, 
(See Table II 1 ) and the returns from these during the hunting season will further 
enlighten us concerning migration routes and mortality rates. 
The figures used in this report were collected by: 
Aerial Crew (Grumman Widgeon) 
~ Edward G. Wellein (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Pilot 
R. D. Harris (Canadian Wildlife Service) Observer during breeding 
pair survey 
D. G. Colls (Canadian Wildlife Service) Observer during production 
survey 
Arthur S. Hawkins (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Observer in 
northern Saskatchewan 
Aerial Crew (Piper PA-18) 
J. W. Perroux (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Pilot 
Arthur S. Hawkins (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Observer 
Ground Crew (Manitoba Game Branch Officers) 
Strata A - Officers Serafin, Henderson, Goodey, Parsons, 
Krentz and Johnson 
Delta and Netley Marshes - Officers Gilmore*, Shand, Schindler, 
e and Howard 
The Pas - Officers A. Clark, G. W. Clark, Iles, Bercier, Fourre, 
Reader, Richards and Lambert 
Ground Crew - (Special Studies) ** 
W. H. Kiel (University of Wisconsin graduate student, sponsored by 
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Wildlife Management Institute) 
C. W. Newcomb (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service) 
G. Parsons (Manitoba Game Branch) 
S. Kolt (Manitoba Game Branch) transferred to grouse project in June 
Arthur S. Hawkins (U. §. Fish and Wildlife Service) 
* Assisted by Peter Ward, Wildlife Management Institute. 
** Graduate students Alex Dzubin (University of British Columbia) and E. F. 
Bossenmaier (University of Minnesota), both sponsored by the Wildlife 
Management Institute, conducted special studies on Rosneath Study Area and 
Whitewater Lake respectively, which will be reported separately. 
