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Table II. - Waterfowl Banded in New York State, June 15-September 15, 1954. 

Adult Immature 
Species Male Female Unidentified Male Female Unidentified Total 
Black 21 12 339 291 2 665 
Wood 44 14 . 318 307 2 685 
Mallard 9 10 215 232 1 467 
B-w. teal 1 1 15 33 50 
Pintail 2 5 7 
Total 75 37 889 868 5 1874 
Two items in the 1954 summer banding are indicative of summer productivity. 
Trapping on seven marshes in western New York, in which all young were carefully 
aged, indicated that these marshes were being used by an average of 5.7 broods per 
area compared with the average visual observation of 1.7 broods for the same areas, 
While a part of this difference could be accredited to brood movement (while still 
flightless) it probably indicates that our ground surveys were only turning up a sample 
of the broods being reared on these small marshes. 
The other banding activity indicative of production was that observed at the 
Oak Orchard Game Management area. Here trapping activities were started August 
11 in 1954 compared with September 2 in 1953. Analysis of the take both years up 
to September 15 which should include largely local or regional production gave no 
grounds to conclude that the production for the two years was appreciably different. 
Continued trapping on into October however, indicated that in 1954 that either the late 
flight of wood duck (late September and early October) failed to exist or else it passed 
over the Oak Orchard area. 
In addition to the ducks banded in New York State, personnel from this Depart- 
ment assisted in a cooperative banding project in Canada where 2016 ducks were 
banded thru October 31 (See Table III). Three duck trapping stations were set up in 
Ontario at Amherst Island, Oshawa, and Lake Scugog. A combination of adverse 
factors kept the Lake Scugog station from operating. These included carp, predators, 
and extremely soft bottom. The success of the first two stations was due to the 
splendid cooperation and help from many individuals, sportsmen groups, and the 
Canadian Wildlife Service. 
