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Goose Nesting Survey 
The results of this year's goose nesting survey are shown in Table I. The | 
poor hatching success recorded at Blackfoot Reservoir was due largely to nest de- 
predations by badgers. A comparison with previous years as shown in Table II 
indicates that Canada goose production was very close to that of 1953. 
Brood Trend Routes 
For the second year duck brood production trend routes were run in Districts 
Four and Five. These routes were covered in early July and all broods recorded. 
In late July they were run again and only Class [ broods were counted. The total 
broods for the two trips are the trend figures listed in Tables III and IV. Duck 
production on the trend routes was down in both districts, 14 percent in District V 
and 46 percent in District IV. The heavy reduction in District IV was largely in 
redheads and was believed due to extreme fluctuations in the waters sampled. 
Statewide waterfowl brood counts are given in Table V. 
Banding 
In the Canada goose banding program this summer emphasis was placed on 
catching as many "local" birds as possible. The results are shown in Table VI. 
Table I. - Results of Canada Goose Nesting Survey, Idaho, 1954. 
Glenns Blackfoot Island Park 
Ferry Homedale Reservoir Reservoir 
No. of nests found 3 132 Z 
No. of nests terminated 34 216 132 42 
No. of successful nests 9(26. 599169(78.2%) 78(59.1%) 36(86%) 
No. of unsuccessful nests 25(73.5% 47(21.8%) 54(40.9%) 6(14%) 
Average clutch - successtull nests 4.9 5.7 5.0 5,5 
Average hatch - successful nests 4.6 5.5 4.5 4.1 

