25 
Considering the limits of reliability of the census methods, the late spring, and 
the apparent hold-back of population in the more southerly regions, it was felt that 
British Columbia's 1954 breeding waterfowl population was as good as that of 1952 
and 1953. , 
Production 
Broods started to appear at the end of June, but not in substantial or Significant 
numbers. By mid-July they were appearing steadily, but still not in substantial 
numbers. Broods were beginning to appear in more normal numbers by early August. 
Mid-summer brood counts were made in the Okanagan, Kamloops and Cariboo 
regions. The data from check areas in the Cariboo are summarized in Table VI. 
Table VI. - Mid-Summer Counts, Cariboo Parklands. 
1951 1952 1953* 1954%* 
Adult Young Adult Young Adult Young Adult Young 

Mallard 57 50 129 24 3 17 15 25 
Pintail 1 - 10 9 2 4 1 - 
Baldpate 63 67 28 64 11 53 Bi 33 
Gadwall 2 16 1 - 1 8 “ - 
Green-winged teal 14 37 z28 32 4 30 14 16 
Blue -winged teal 6 9 4 14 6 7 27 - 
Shoveler 1 5 7 21 4 il = - 
Redhead 21 67 10 72 12 69 13 41 
Canvasback 9 22 35 27 8 37 9 12 
Lesser scaup 174 293 212 257 138 87 298 43 
Golden-eye 216 306 239 110 55 168 63 141 
Bufflehead 42 36 110 68 27 99 43 66 
Ruddy duck 36 16 89 19 65 19 56 25 
Unidentified - - 102 7 - - 108 - 
Total 642 924 1,004 724 336 609 658 402 
American Coot | 369 283 310 205 
* 1953 and 1954 counts made three weeks earlier than previous years -- not 
strictly comparable. 
