Table II - Breeding Pair Inventory Based on Tidal Shoreline Transects 
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Species Nova Scotia pryunswick island Ontario Labrador Bes ee eee ee 
South North 
Black duck 1,747 (84. 1) 549 (36.9) 2,105 (46.3) 179 (52.3) 2,344 (71.9) 4,967 (24. 9) 1,473 (28.4) 
Mallard - - 6 ( 0.4) 15 ( 0.3) 9 ( 2.6) - - 13 ( 0.1) 4 - 
Pintail - - 6 ( 0.4) 8 (0.2) 22 ( 6.4) 29 (0.9) 447 ( 2.2) 78 ( 1.5) 
Gadwall - _ a = - = 15 ( 4,4) x os ah 7 é 7 
Wood duck ~ - - - é = p : “ - 2 a 7 - 
Baldpate - - ~ - 2 - - - - es x ey, © < 5 
Blue-winged teal - - 4 ( 0.3) 6 (0.1) 77 (22.5) - 16 ( 0.1) - - 
Green-winged teal 13 ( 0.6) 12 ( 0.8) 59 (1.3) 35 (10.3) - - 33 ( 0.2) 97 ( 1.9) 
Goldeneye 46 (2.2) 207 (13.9) 255 ( 5.6) - - 23 (0.7) 292 (1.5) 833 (16.1) 
Ring-necked duck 17 (0.8) 421 (28.4) 117 (2.6) - - - - 40 ( 0.2) - - 
Scaup - - 64 ( 4,3) 120 ( 2.6) - - - - 452 ( 2,2) 2 - 
Old squaw - - - - - - - - - - 4 - 8 ( 0.2) 
Mergauser 99 (4.8) 216 (14.6) 1,826 (40, 1) 5 (1.5) 79 ( 2.4) 934 ( 4.7) 473 ( 9.1) 
Scoter 136 ( 6.5) - - 35 { 0. 8) - - 491 (15.1) 9,712( 48.7) 1,349 (26.0) 
Eider 20 ( 1.0). - - | 20 ( 0.4) - - 294 ( 9.0) 3,032 (15.2) 871 (16.8) 
Unidentified 16 ( -) 155 - 209 - 25 - - - 178 - 190 - 
Total 2,094 (100.0) 1,640 (100.0) 4,757 (100.0) 367 (100.0) 3, 260(100.0) 20, 122 (100. 0) 5, 378 (100. 0) 
Size of Sample 
(Lineal Mile) 364 440 560 77 250 683 478 
Ducks / Lineal Mile* 5.75 3.73 8.50 4.76 13.04 29.46 11.25 ( 
Total Game Ducks 1, 839 1,424 2,756 362 Zz, 396 5,988 2,676 
Game Ducks per 
Lineal Mile 5.05 3.24 4.92 4.70 9.57 8.76 5.59 
Canada geese 77 512 102 2 76 5,774 10 
Snow & Blue geese - as a ‘ Fi 9,076 : 
Brant . 450 6 1,889 - - 930 11 
* Excluding merganser, scoter, eider, old squaw and scaup (where not in breeding territory). 
The figures in parenthesis represent percent composition. 
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