Table 17 
SEASONAL CHANGES IN BIOGEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF WATERFOWL 
POPULATIONS IN THE UPPER CHESAPEAKE REGION ( PERCENTAGES) 

Oct.2-10, Nov.3-12, bec.1-12, Jan.7-13, Mar.3-16, 
1958 1958 1958 1959 1959 
Upper Potomac Section + + 1 + 2 
Central Potomac Section 7 7 9 5 6 
Lower Potomac Section 1 + 1 3 hy 
Patuxent River Section 1 2 2 1 1 
Lower Western Shore Section + + 1 11 a: 
Central Western Shore Section 1 1 2 1 5 
Upper Western Shore Section p 13 10 2 5 
Susquehanna Flats Section 19 13 2 1 16 
Upper Eastern Shore Section 8 | 5 5 mM 10 
Chester River Section 28 25 29 2h 15 
Eastern Bay Section 6 4 9 18 10 
Choptank River Section 6 9 12 16 13 
Blackwater-Nanticoke Section 10 9 mn 3 
Lower Eastern Shore Section 6 h 7 6 h 
Coastal Section 7 8 6 5 3 
TOTAL PERCENT 100 100 100 100 100 
TOTAL POPULATIONS 71,000 439,000 707,000 652,000 488,000 
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