Table 7 
SAMPLE SHORE COUNTS OF WATERFOWL ON BRACKISH ESTUARINE BAYS 


With Large Agricultural Without Large Agricultural Blackwater 
Fields: Eastern Shore Fields: Western Shore -Nanticoke 
Area Areas Area 
Dec. Feb. Mar. Nov. Jan. Mar. April Dec.wJan. Feb.—-Mar. 
Square Miles 
Covered 8.1 1.6 204 3.0 662 sa 3.4 26 1.4 
Whistling Swan 6,050 873 1,943 538 929 0 3 0 0 
Canada Goose 36,812 1,634 1,135 65 56 ) 0 0 0 
Mallard 11,677 32 3 15 86 7 0 0 10 
Black Duck 5,378 531 507 56 382 15 7 0 95 
Pintail 6,624 73 0 g fe) 0 0 0 0 
American 
Widgeon 3,375 902 337 487 2,006 4 2 0 0 
Redhead 13,214 522 10 63 718 0 43 300 fe) 
Ring-necked 
Duck 0 50 15 10 78 0 0 0 0 
Canvasback 10,610 615 1,252 5,986 17,298 15 1,376 340 2,140 
Scaup 98 1,548 3,038 133 956 555 4,376 350 426 
Common 
Goldeneye 1,272 358 410 60 798 13 4 7 0 
Bufflehead 130 57 8 42 430 70 236 0 0 
Oldsquaw 114 121 341 19 792 41 8 0 0 
White-winged 
Scoter 19 0 237 1 29 8) 0 0 0 
Ruddy Duck 1,244 23 0 1,283 13,155 614 7,317 165 12,870 
Red=breasted 
Merganser 67 23 48 7 56 29 10 oO 0 
American Coot Ay 424 885 1,206 1 1,508 0 321 0 0 
Other 279 15 60 9 15 1 200 10 90 
Total Waterfowl 101,387 8,262 10,500 8,784 39,292 1,364 13,900 1,172 15,631 
Waterfowl per 
Square Mile 12,517 5,164 4,396 2,928 6,637 1,'705 4,088 1,953 11,165 
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