Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Midwest Region

Fall Migration Report
Waterfowl Counts

Type of Survey:  __X__  Ground    _____  Air       Year:  2005___Reported by:  Michelle McDowell 218-768-2402

 

Area

Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

09/15/05

09/20/05

09/27/05

10/8/05

10/14/05

10/19/05

10/25/05

11/2/05

11/18/05

Species

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

Swan

 

 

 

14

 

6

 

 

 

Snow geese

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada geese

1,717

2,232

80

50

125

 

Mallard

11,282

9,424

1,420

1,334

380

 

Black duck

 

 

8

 

 

 

Gadwall

 

 

6

16

8

 

American Wigeon

8

10

18

 

2

 

Am. Green-winged teal

114

22

706

606

 

 

 

 

Blue-winged teal

9,280

4,108

10,166

810

46

2

 

 

Northern shoveler

 

 

 

4

4

20

 

 

 

Northern pintail

6

2

 

24

26

6

 

 

 

Wood duck

969

126

549

73

57

43

70

 

 

Redhead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canvasback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scaup

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

63

 

Ring-necked duck

3,635

3,632

16,682

8,200

58,960

41,330

14,648

4,158

 

Common goldeneye

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Bufflehead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruddy duck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large merganser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hooded merganser

17

 

 

 

3

 

3

 

 

American Coot

3,446

1,468

12,398

3,546

6,556

2,742

1,498

746

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

30,474

21,024

51,123

20,267

86,571

45,725

17,624

5,482

0

 


Last updated: April 7, 2009