Table 83 
FOODS OF 12 SHOVELERS FROM BRACKISH ESTUARINE BAY MARSHES 
IN DORCHESTER COUNTY?2 



Nov. 8-Jan. 10, Mar. 21-April 19, 
9 Birds 3 Birds 
Seeds 89% (51~100) 33% (+-91) 
Olney Three~square 33 (7-71) 33 (#91) 
Widgeongrass 33 (7-71) 
Saltgrass 22 (2-61) 
Twigrush 11 (+-h9) 
Dodder 11 (+-l9) 
Leaves, Stems and Rootstalks of 
Submerged Aquatic Plants 22% (2-61) oO. 
Muskgrass 22 (2-61) 
Widgeongrass ll (+-)9) 
Rootstalks of Emergent Marsh Plants LZ (+-l)9) 0. 
Cordgrass 1l (#49) 
Animal Food 56% (27-85) 100% (29-100) 
Littoridinops sp. (Gastropoda) 33 (7-71) 33 ( += 91) 
Copepoda 100 (29-100) 
Fish (Chiefly Poecilidae) 22 (2-61) 
Amphipoda ll (+-l9) 
Cladocera 11 (#9) 
Bittium varium (Gastropoda) 11 (+#=)9) 


i Percentage occurrence 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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