Table 141 
ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF RUDDY DUCKS DURING THE 1958-59 SEASON 
Nov, 3-12, Dec . l-l2, Jan. 7=13, Mar «2-16, 
1958 1958 1959 1959 
Fresh Estuarine Bays 22% 12% 0 Lhe 
Slightly Brackish Estuarine Bays 67% 58% 68% 56% 
Brackish Estuarine Bays 11% 23% Lé 29% 
Salt Estuarine Bays +4 7% 28% 1% 
Total Populations 61,600 53,000 18 , 200 30, 300 
Table 142 
BIOGEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF RUDDY DUCKS DURING THE WINTERS OF 1955=58 
Upper Western Shore Section 38% 
Lower Potomac Section 2k, 
Central Potomac Section L7 
Blackwater-Nanticoke Section 7 
Patuxent River Section h 
Central Western Shore Section yy 
Chester River Section 3 
Eastern Bay Saction 2 
Choptank River Section 1 
Lower Eastern Shore Section 1 
Upper Eastern Shore Section : + 
Upper Potomac Section + 
Susquehsnna Flats Section | 0 
Lower Western Shore Section 0 
Coastal Section 0 
Total 100% 
ep 
200 
