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WATERFOWL BREEDING GROUND SURVEYS OF DUCKS UNLIMITED (CANADA) 
IN ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN AND MANITOBA 
William G. Leitch 
This report covers the ground transects run by Ducks Unlimited fieldmen in 
the three prairie provinces and gives results obtained on special study areas. 
Transects were run the third week of May to record breeding pairs and again 
in mid July for information on water conditions, 
.To conserve space species breakdowns are given only on a provincial level 
but are available for all smaller units. 
Areas for more intensive study are located at Strathmore and Brooks in 
Alberta and at the Caron Potholes and Southey in Saskatchewan. The Alberta areas 
are a cooperative project with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service while those in 
Saskatchewan are a Ducks Unlimited responsibility. 
Data obtained from Keeman Co-operators and the annual aerial survey have 
been published in the Duckological which is issued monthly while the waterfowl are 
in Canada. 
Results of Transects 
Alberta 
Area - Calgary South (Western 'Short Grass" Prairies) 
(Via: Strathmore, Mossleigh, Macleod, Pincher Creek, Waterton, 
Cardston, Macleod, Kepp, Vulcan, Milo, Grants, Hussar.) 
1951 1952 1953 1954 
Size of sample - square miles 43 40 43 43 
Breeding pairs per square mile - May 15.2 22.4 40.6 32.9 
Ponds per square mile - May Ce | 6.6 Tad ee 
No. of water areas per square mile on 
July 15 estimated to last all season 3.3 res 6.5 2.9 
