The Cariboo count was made on the same calendar date as in 1953. Phenologically, 
however, this count is at least three weeks earlier than that of 1953. Total counts of 
adults and young were up and down respectively from 1953. Flocks of drake scaup 
ducks accounted for the increase in adults, while the lateness of the hatch was believed 
to explain the decrease in young. 
Brood counts from the Okanagan and Kamloops areas could not be compared 
directly with data from previous years. The 1954 data suggested that the hatch had . 
been considerably delayed, with a few early broods just then reaching the flying 
stage, and a second or later, hatch just beginning. The Class III brood average 
appeared about normal, while the Class I average appeared to be lower than normal. 
A summary of the brood data, from all areas, is shown in Table VII. The figures 
for 1953 and 1954 are again not strictly comparable with those of previous years, as 
these two counts were completed earlier than in the past. 
Table VII. - Summary of Brood, Data. * 


1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 
Mallard 7.5( 50) 6.3( 37) 4.9( 11) 6.4( 12) 5.6 ( 32) 
Gadwall 5.0( 1) 6.0( 8) 7.0( 3) 8.0( 1) 6.0( 3) 
Pintail 6.3( 22) 4.8( 9) 5.0( 3) 6.0( 3) 5.5 ( 18) 
G-w. teal 8.6( 8) 7.0( 7) 5.3( 6) 7.5( 4) 8.0( 2) 
B-w. teal 7.9( 20) 7.8( 6) 7.0( 2) 7.0( 1) 5.0(. 3) 
Baldpate 7.6( 31) 5.9( 28) 6.2( 14) 6.6( 15) 6.3(11) 
Shoveler 6.1( 7) 6.4( 8) 6.3( 3) 3.7( 3) 6.5( 6) 
Total Pond Ducks 7.3 (139) 6.1 (103) 6.0 ( 42) 6.4( 39) 5.8 ( 75) 
Redhead 5.7( 17) 6.7( 22) 7.5( 13) 6.2(.12) 5.5 (19) 
Canvasback 8.7( 4) 8.4( 10) 6.2( 6) 5.7( 14) 4.7( 3) 
Lesser Scaup 8.3 ( 35) 7.7( 59) 7.5 (41) 8.2( 13) 7.3( 7) 
B. golden-eye 6.5( 87) 6.0(28) 4.8( 11) 6.0( 43) 6.5 ( 43) 
Bufflehead 6.6( 27) 5.6( 6) 4.7( 3) 6.0( 22) 5.9 ( 14) 
Ruddy duck 5.7( 30) 6.2(17) 4.3( 9) 5.7( 4) 5.6( 8) 
Total Diving Ducks 6.6 (200) 7.0(142) 5.8( 83) 6.4(108) 6.1 ( 94) 
* Bracketed figures refer to numbers of broods averaged. 
