Table 33 
ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF WHISTLING SWANS DURING THE 1958-59 SEASON 


Nov. 3-12, Dec. 1-12, Jan. 7-13, Mar. 3-16, 

1958 1958 1959 1959 
Fresh Estuarine Bays 57% 8% 7% 17% 
Slightly Brackish 
Estuarine Bays 29% 9% 8% 6% 
Brackish Estuarine Bays 8% 81% 79% 71% 
Salt Estuarine Bays 3h 2% 6% 5% 
Fresh and Brackish~ 
Estuarine Bay Marshes 3% +% 0 1% 
Coastal Impoundment and 
Bay Complex ) +% fe) +% 
Total Populations 600 3h, 900 23,700 22,200 
Table 34 
BIOGEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF WHISTLING SWANS DURING WINTERS OF 1955-58 
Chester River Section 27% Central Potomac Section 3% 
Choptank River Section 22% Patuxent River Section 1% 
Eastern Bay Section Lh% Upper Eastern Shore Section 1% 
Central Western Shore Section 9% Coastal Section 1% 
Lower Eastern Shore Section 8% Upper Potomac Section +% 
Upper Western Shore Section 6% Lower Western Shore Section +% 
Susquehanna Flats Section 5% Blackwater-Nanticoke Section +4 
Lower Potomac Section LZ 
Total 100% 

106 
