Table 10 
| SAMPLE COUNTS OF WATERFOWL 
IN BRACKISH ESTUARINE BAY MARSHES OF DORCHESTER COUNTY (1954-57) 



Sept.-Oct. Nov.-Dec. Mar.-April May-June July-Aug. 
Square Miles Covered 2.1 2.3 5.7 17.6 11.2 
Whistling Swan 2 10 
Canada Goose 10 
Mallard 20 h 1 1 
Black Duck 60 Lh? 6y 579 359 
Gadwall 13 1h 2 
Green-winged Teal 3 6 336 29 
Blue-winged Teal 516 152 115 116 28 
Shoveler 12 1 
American Widgeon 20 156 
Common. Goldeneye 3 
Ruddy Duck 1 
Hooded Merganser 3 
Common Merganser 8 
Total Waterfowl 580 684, 1291 728 388 
Waterfowl per Square Mile 276 297 226 Tal 35 

