
Table ‘79 
FOODS OF 8 GREEN-WINGED TEAL FROM ESTUARINE RIVER MARSHES 
OF THE PATUXENT AND NANTICOKE RIVERS? 


Seeds 100% (63-100) 
Dotted Smartweed 88 (7-100) 
Softstem Bulrush 50 (15- 85) 
River Bulrush 38 ( 8- 76) 
Halberdleaf Tearthumb 38 ( 8~ 76) 
Arrowleaf Tearthumb 25 ( 3- 66) 
Tidemarsh Waterhemp 12 ( +- 53) 
Rice Cutgrass 12 ( ++ 53) 
Walter Millet 12 ( #- 53) 
Arrowhead 12 ( +~ 53) 
Ribbonleaf Pondweed 12 ( t= 53) 
Animal Food 12. ( += 53) 
“-Gorophium sp. (Amphipoda) 12 ( t= 53) 
1 Collected during October, late March, and early April. Percentage occur- 
rence of foods that made up 5% or more of the volume in individual birds. 
Figures in parentheses show 95% confidence limits. 
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