161 
Table II - Composition of Ducks Observed in Ground Counts on Aerial Transect 

Routes 1952 
Species Pairs Lone Lone Unclass- Total 
Male Female ified Percent 
Redhead 481 251 5 624 1, 842 37.9 
Cinnamon teal 369 362 17 100 1,217 25.0 
Mallard 93 245 11 19 461 9.6 
Gadwall 177 39 2 25 420 8.6 
Ruddy duck — ¥ 7 4 482 511 10.6 
Shoveler 40 55 1 - 136 2.8 
Pintail 35 108 7 - 185 3.8 
Green-winged teal i 2 = 36 40 0.8 
Blue -winged teal 4 7 - - 15 0.3 
Lesser scaup 5 4 - 11 25 0.4 
Baldpate 3 zZ - - 8 0.2 
Total 1,217 1,082 47 1, 297 4,860 100.0 
Ground Counts 
Counts of lone males and pairs on State refuges. indicated that the potential 
breeding population on these areas had increased over 1951. 
increase in Cinnamon teal on all areas. 
Ogden Bay. 
There was a marked 
The Canada goose population declined on 
Table III - Estimate of Total Breeding Pairs on State Refuges from Dike Line Census 
1951 and 1952 
Ogden Bay Farmington Bay 
Species 1951 1952 1951 1952 
Canada geese 142 118 68 75 
Mallard 260 325 137 125 
Gadwall 244 317 88 150 
Pintail 154 225 76 55 
Cinnamon teal 365 625 180 225 
Redhead 388 510 173 220 
Shoveler 180 63 69 63 
Green-winged teal 2 2 - - 
Blue-winged teal 12 22 5 4 
Ruddy duck 32 18 17 16 
Baldpate - 2 = - 
Public Shooting Grounds 
1951 1952 
34 32 
115 200 
64 35 
71 55 
172 175 
261 230 
34 25 
7 3 
3 3 
ep Si Sars SS SS SSS SSS SS SS ss SS ST 
Total Lett 
2,227 
813 
933. 
761 758 
