Table II] Continued 
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Species 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1954 
Redhead 12 36 32 32 37 32 30 
Ring-necked duck 3 if - = 2 a = 
Canvasback 21 17 25 20 31 11 26 
Lesser Scaup 403 467 155 476 241 205 247 
Golden-eye 57 116 66 136 142 175 157 
Bufflehead 79 100 30 117 89 95 72 
Ruddy duck 31 - 42 26 59 92 91 92 
Unidentified = - = 2 b rat 4 
Total ducks 742 901 364 932 812 834 741 
Total Coots 447 167 35 170 154 107 201 
Ground surveys of selected sample areas in the Okanagan Valley, made during 
mid-May, are recorded in Table IV. 
Table IV. - Comparative Counts - Okanagan Valley - Spring. 
Species 
Mallard 
Pintail 
Baldpate 
Gadwall 
Green-winged teal 
Blue -winged teal 
Redhead 
Lesser Scaup 
Golden-eye 
Bufflehead 
Others 
1950 
45 
9 
6 
18 
3 
22 
86 
49 
4 
6 
76 
1951 
27 
1 
6 
10 
3 
150 
1954 
15 
ll 
90 
50 
11 
10 
43 
(Re a A Rg fA SS PS SS SS pS SSS SS SSS SS i TSE 
Total Ducks 
Total Coots 
270 
157 
70 
151 
69 
230 
453 
The data indicate a substantial increase in the breeding population in the Okanagan 
region since 1952. 
It is considered that the increase resulted from the late break-up 
further north, and ‘that the decrease noted in the Cariboo was caused by the same factor. 
