Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Midwest Region

Fall Migration Report
Waterfowl Counts

Type of Survey:  X  Ground    ___  Air        Year:  2004__Reported by: Michelle McDowell,  218-768-2402

Area

Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

8/28/04

9/27/04

10/4/04

10/14/04

10/20/04

10/26/04

11/03/04

11/9/04

11/22/04

12/2/04

Species

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

Swan

 

 

 

1

5

28

 

5

4

 

Snow geese

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada geese

222

12,224

6,585

6,191

9,290

7,592

4,599

3,599

815

25

Mallard

1,904

39,368

11,362

123,952

76,380

29,076

79,596

15,656

554

 

Black duck

6

 

4

56

24

32

26

 

10

 

Gadwall

 

 

22

42

 

30

226

 

20

 

American Wigeon

2

 

28

44

 

2,514

204

 

 

 

Am. Green-winged teal

 

4,110

6,354

11,716

8,394

3,944

56

2

 

 

Blue-winged teal

2,422

21,977

444

1,166

104

104

6

 

 

 

Northern shoveler

 

 

 

46

22

24

24

 

 

 

Northern pintail

 

22

24

454

118

3,314

210

 

 

 

Wood duck

1,242

11,066

3,497

3,417

2,118

813

 

 

7

 

Redhead

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

5

 

 

Canvasback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesser scaup

 

1,250

250

625

625

1,251

251

3

 

 

Ring-necked duck

230

66,285

117,517

130,535

166,270

157,024

98,354

4,698

 

 

Common goldeneye

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

Bufflehead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruddy duck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large merganser

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

2

 

 

Hooded merganser

3

 

3

47

17

3

 

30

 

7

American Coot

2

14,754

9,366

17,102

11,884

17,072

1,504

124

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

6,033

171,056

155,456

295,444

275,251

222,831

185,058

24,124

1,410

32


Last updated: April 7, 2009