Table 135 
FOODS OF 7 COMMON GOLDENEYES FROM BRACKISH ESTUARINE 
BAYS OF EASTERN BAY AND THE CHOPTANK RIVER+ 


Leaves, Stems and Rootstalks of 
Submerged Aquatic Plants 29% ( 3-71) 
Eelgrass 1h ( +58) 
Widgeongrass 1h ( +58) 
Grain (bait) 29% ( 3-71) 
Corn 29 ( 3-71) 
Animal Food 100% (59-100) 
Xanthidae 43 ( 9= 82) 
Fish (sp.?) 43 ( 9= 82) 
Volsella demissa (Pelecypoda) 43 ( 9= 82) 
Acteocina canaliculata (Gastropoda). Lh ( +58) 
Macoma balthica (Pelecypoda) 1h ( +58) 
Gammaridae (Amphipoda) 1h ( +58) 
Sesarma sp. (Decapoda) 1h ( +=58) 
Isopoda (spe?) 1h ( 4+-58) 
Pelecypoda (sp.?) Uy, ( +-58) 

1 Collected November-January. 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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