Table 125 
FOODS OF 13 LESSER SCAUP FROM BRACKISH ESTUARINE BAYS OF THE 
CHOPTANK RIVER, EASTERN BAY, AND CHESTER RIVER? 
Leaves, Stems and Rootstalks of 
Submerged Aquatic Flants 23% ( 5-5h) 
Widgeongrass 8 ( +37) 
Claspingleaf Pondweed | 8 ( +-37) 
Eelgrass 8 ( +-37) 
Seeds 38% (13-69) 
Widgeongrass 31 ( 9-62) 
Claspingleaf Pondweed 15 ( 1-6) 
Sago Pondweed 8 ( ++37) 
Grain (bait) Bue (25-81) 
Corn 54 (25-81) 
Wheat 8 ( +=37) 
Animal Food T1é (46-95) 
Mulinia lateralis (Pelecypoda) 38 (13-69) 
Brachidontes recurvus (Pelecypoda) 23. ( 5=5h) 
Gemma gemma (Pelecypoda) 23. ( 5-5h) 
Sayella chesapeakea (Gastropoda) 15 ( 1-46) 
Macoma balthica (Pelecypoda) 15 ( 1-6) 
Mya arenaria (Pelecypoda) 15 ( 1-45) 
Gammaridae (sp.?) 15 ( 1-h6) 
Acteocina canaliculata (Gastropoda) 8 ( +=37) 
Volsella demissa (Pelecypoda) 8 ( +37) 
Decapoda (spe?) 8 ( +-37) 
1 Collected November 28-March 18. Percentage occurrence of foods that made up 
5% or more of the volume in individual birds. Figures in parentheses show 9 
confidence limits. 
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