
Species Composition - Continued 

Northern Utah _- Southern Utah 
Species 1956 1957 1956:-::>--:-1957 
Ruddy Duck 7.9 8.4 11.5 5.5 
Pintail 5.0 4.7 8.1 547 
Shoveler 4.9 3.4 4.9 5.9 
Blue-winged Teal 0.6 0.2 z.8 1.0 
Green-winged Teal 0.4 Ll 1.9 = ea | 
Baldpate 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 
American Goldeneye - - - = 
Scaup 0.0 0.9 0.0 1.0 
er 
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 
Ground counts of Canada geese on various areas throughout 
the State in 1956, with the exception of Cutler Reservoir, were again con- 
ducted on these areas in 1957, The following table gives a comparison of 
birds counted on these areas. ~ 
Ground Counts of Breeding Populations in Selected Areas af Utah-1956 & 1957 

| 1956 | 7 Te ee 1957 
“Lone Lone Ind. Lone Lone Ind. 
Area Pairs Male Female Pop. Pairs Male Female Pop. 
Clearlake Refuge 303 78 5 772 157 149 25 662 
Lower Sevier Lakes 85 35 4 248 © 50 17 1 136 
Gunnison Reservoir 12 }§ 2 2 32 8 5 1 28 
Scipio Lake 13 8 42 20 15 70 
Fool's Creek Res. 3 6 18 4 3 14 
Redmond Lake 17 1 36 15 9 l 50* 
Olsen's Slough 38 11 6 110 
Rocky Ford Res. be 10 St | 24. — 6 8 28 
Topaz Marsh 47 23 °®6 (152 16 5 1 44 
Total 520 «#174 «82231, 434 276 211 29 1,032 

* Olsen's Slough and Redmond Lake cénsus figures are combined in the 
1957 listing. | 3 
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