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Savanna District Waterfowl Counts 2006

2006 Aerial

WATERFOWL SURVEYS

Savanna District

Pools 12-14

Each week during fall migration, biologists fly the Mississippi River
to count the number of waterfowl using Pools 4 - 14 of the Refuge.

Due to survey techniques, this total number is not necessarily the total number of waterfowl in a specific pool.

Select links below to view 2006 waterfowl numbers by District and Pool locations.

October 2, 2006

Elk River and Lower Pool in Pool 13 not flown due to thunderstorms.

SPECIES	POOL 12 DEADMAN	POOL 12 GALENA	POOL 12 WISE LAKE	POOL 13 LOST MOUND	POOL 13 PLEASANT CREEK	POOL 13 GREEN ISLAND	POOL 13 SPRING LK UPPER	POOL 13 SPRING LK LOWER	POOL 13 ELK RIVER	POOL 13 LOWER POOL
SWANS
CANADA GEESE			160	5	165	50	30	80
OTHER GEESE
MALLARD			220		255	25	105	215
BLACKDUCK
PINTAIL							15	65
GADWALL					65			580
WIGEON			15		40			255
N. SHOVELER					15			55
BLUE-WINGED TEAL	45	20	140	10	20		10	380
GREEN-WINGED TEAL	5		55	10	20			115
WOODDUCK			75	45	65	25	20	245
REDHEAD
CANVASBACK
RINGNECK
SCAUP
C. GOLDENEYE
BUFFLEHEAD
MERGANSER
RUDDY DUCK

DUCKS, GEESE & SWAN TOTALS	50	20	665	70	645	100	180	1,990	-	-

PUDDLE DUCKS	50	20	505	65	480	50	150	1,910	-	-
DIVING DUCKS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

October 10, 2006

SPECIES	POOL 12 DEADMAN	POOL 12 GALENA	POOL 12 WISE LAKE	POOL 13 LOST MOUND	POOL 13 PLEASANT CREEK	POOL 13 GREEN ISLAND	POOL 13 SPRING LK UPPER	POOL 13 SPRING LK LOWER	POOL 13 ELK RIVER	POOL 13 LOWER POOL	POOL 14 BEAVER ISLAND
SWANS								5
CANADA GEESE		15	280		215	110	95	445	335	102
OTHER GEESE
MALLARD		20	75		175	5	80	990	470	655
BLACK DUCK					5			5	5	5
PINTAIL			20					135	20	15
GADWALL		35	10		60		35	1705	240	1290
WIGEON			10		85		5	860	60	600
N. SHOVELER								60		65
BLUE-WINGED TEAL	55	100	15	15	100	5	10	180		20	20
GREEN-WINGED TEAL	5	40	10		20	5		400	220
WOOD DUCK	45	15	45	105	255	30	65	105	15		5
REDHEAD
CANVASBACK
RINGNECK								60		130
SCAUP
C. GOLDENEYE
BUFFLEHEAD
MERGANSER
RUDDY DUCK										330

DUCKS, GEESE & SWAN TOTALS	105	225	465	120	915	155	290	4,950	1,365	3,212	25

PUDDLE DUCKS	105	210	185	120	700	45	195	4,440	1,030	2,650	25
DIVING DUCKS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	-	460	-

October 19, 2006

SPECIES	POOL 12 DEADMAN	POOL 12 GALENA	POOL 12 WISE LAKE	POOL 13 LOST MOUND	POOL 13 PLEASANT CREEK	POOL 13 GREEN ISLAND	POOL 13 SPRING LK UPPER	POOL 13 SPRING LK LOWER	POOL 13 ELK RIVER	POOL 13 LOWER POOL	POOL 14 BEAVER ISLAND
SWANS							5
CANADA GEESE		5	70		645		195	1285	690	30
OTHER GEESE
MALLARD			400	35	885	5	370	1255	825	410
BLACK DUCK					5			5
PINTAIL		5	45		10		80	175	20	40
GADWALL			635		460		110	1820	210	700
WIGEON			190		160		25	385	120	175
N. SHOVELER			20					125	5	35
BLUE-WINGED TEAL	10	20	75		10				30		10
GREEN-WINGED TEAL	50	40	130	20	40		30	45	105
WOOD DUCK	85	10	50	25	205		30	120	10
REDHEAD
CANVASBACK										925
RINGNECK								385		615
SCAUP								495
C. GOLDENEYE
BUFFLEHEAD										5
MERGANSER
RUDDY DUCK										375

DUCKS, GEESE & SWAN TOTALS	145	80	1,615	80	2,420	5	845	6,095	2,015	3,310	10

PUDDLE DUCKS	145	75	1,545	80	1,775	5	645	3,930	1,325	1,360	10
DIVING DUCKS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	880	-	1,920	-

October 24, 2006

These pools were not flown.

October 30, 2006

Pool 14 was not flown due to high winds.

SPECIES	POOL 12 DEADMAN	POOL 12 GALENA	POOL 12 WISE LAKE	POOL 13 LOST MOUND	POOL 13 PLEASANT CREEK	POOL 13 GREEN ISLAND	POOL 13 SPRING LK UPPER	POOL 13 SPRING LK LOWER	POOL 13 ELK RIVER	POOL 13 LOWER POOL
SWANS							50	75
CANADA GEESE			5		1185	120	160	965	985	45
OTHER GEESE
MALLARD	10		100	5	1570	60	300	1270	995	65
BLACK DUCK								5	5
PINTAIL			5			10		15	10	10
GADWALL			20		615		105	475	405	2120
WIGEON								75	140
N. SHOVELER							25	85
BLUE-WINGED TEAL		75	10		35				30
GREEN-WINGED TEAL	20		25		100		5	35	180
WOOD DUCK	10			10	45			20	15	35
REDHEAD
CANVASBACK								890		2600
RINGNECK								100		1495
SCAUP								30		1765
C. GOLDENEYE										340
BUFFLEHEAD										75
MERGANSER										15
RUDDY DUCK										305

DUCKS, GEESE & SWAN TOTALS	40	75	165	15	3,550	190	645	4,040	2,765	8,870

PUDDLE DUCKS	40	75	160	15	2,365	70	435	1,980	1,780	2,230
DIVING DUCKS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,020	-	6,595

OTHER SPECIES
GREAT BLUE HERON				6			1	2	4
GREAT EGRET								1
BALD EAGLE	1			1	1			14
COOT			270		1060	500	380	2930		4500
W. PELICAN								105		5
CORMORANT										10

November 7, 2006

SPECIES	POOL 12 DEADMAN	POOL 12 GALENA	POOL 12 WISE LAKE	POOL 13 LOST MOUND	POOL 13 PLEASANT CREEK	POOL 13 GREEN ISLAND	POOL 13 SPRING LK UPPER	POOL 13 SPRING LK LOWER	POOL 13 ELK RIVER	POOL 13 LOWER POOL	POOL 14 BEAVER ISLAND
SWANS					5		205	425		5
CANADA GEESE					1355	35	310	1270	1315	25	5
OTHER GEESE
MALLARD	10	10	85	145	4885	30	485	1560	1730	665	25
BLACK DUCK								10
PINTAIL			5		20	10	35	125	60
GADWALL				20	1495			605	215	1555
WIGEON					375
N. SHOVELER								30
BLUE-WINGED TEAL					35
GREEN-WINGED TEAL		20	45	50	145			20	40	45
WOOD DUCK					10
REDHEAD								20		35
CANVASBACK								4430		19125
RINGNECK							25	40		550
SCAUP								210		6600
C. GOLDENEYE			10							2470
BUFFLEHEAD										50
MERGANSER										170
RUDDY DUCK								10		255

DUCKS, GEESE & SWAN TOTALS	10	30	145	215	8,325	75	1,060	8,755	3,360	31,550	30

PUDDLE DUCKS	10	30	135	215	6,965	40	520	2,350	2,045	2,265	25
DIVING DUCKS	-	-	10	-	-	-	25	4,710	-	29,255	-

OTHER SPECIES
GREAT BLUE HERON								2	1		1
GREAT EGRET								4			1
BALD EAGLE			3		1			11	5
COOT			1770		950	725	235	740		3080
W. PELICAN								65		10
CORMORANT

November 14, 2006

Pools 12-14 not flown this week.

A ground count was conducted on Thursday, November 17, 2006.

In the Upper Spring Lake area, the following were observed: 220 mallard, 55 gadwall, 50 green-winged teal, 60 wigeon, 20 shoveler, 40 wood duck, 250 Canada geese, 180 tundra swan, 3 bald eagles, 3 sandhill crane, and 105 coot.

In the Lower Spring Lake area, the following were observed: 3340 mallard, 1475 gadwall, 530 pintail, 125 green-winged teal, 235 wigeon, 485 shoveler, 50 wood duck, 985 Canada geese, 160 tundra swan, 41 great blue heron, 19 great egret, 7 bald eagles, 48 sandhill crane, and 420 coot.

In the Pleasant Creek area, the following were observed: 1460 mallard, 525 gadwall, 230 pintail, 155 green-winged teal, 115 wigeon, 385 shoveler, 80 wood duck, 1240 Canada geese, 4 great blue heron, 21 bald eagles, and 1040 coot.

In the Lower Pool 13 area high winds made counting the diving ducks difficult. The following were observed: 120 ring-necked duck, 8700 canvasback, 3825 scaup, 80 goldeneye, 220 bufflehead, 375 ruddy duck, and 110 common merganser.

November 20, 2006

SPECIES	POOL 12 DEADMAN	POOL 12 GALENA	POOL 12 WISE LAKE	POOL 13 LOST MOUND	POOL 13 PLEASANT CREEK	POOL 13 GREEN ISLAND	POOL 13 SPRING LK UPPER	POOL 13 SPRING LK LOWER	POOL 13 ELK RIVER	POOL 13 LOWER POOL	POOL 14 BEAVER ISLAND
SWANS							390	870	60
CANADA GEESE					1250		270	1760	925
OTHER GEESE
MALLARD	5	5	45	225	2505	90	670	3070	1865	215
BLACK DUCK					5			5	10
PINTAIL								135	60
GADWALL		10	20		175		145	415		890
WIGEON								180		15
N. SHOVELER					10		15	25		5
BLUE-WINGED TEAL								30
GREEN-WINGED TEAL		40			10			25	50
WOOD DUCK
REDHEAD										40
CANVASBACK								3830		14645
RINGNECK			15							1190
SCAUP							50	10		7535
C. GOLDENEYE			45						185	2395
BUFFLEHEAD										60
MERGANSER
RUDDY DUCK										60

DUCKS, GEESE & SWAN TOTALS	5	55	125	225	3,955	90	1,540	10,355	3,155	27,050	-

PUDDLE DUCKS	5	55	65	225	2,705	90	830	3,885	1,985	1,125	-
DIVING DUCKS	-	-	60	-	-	-	50	3,840	185	25,925	-

OTHER SPECIES
GREAT BLUE HERON					2			11		2
GREAT EGRET
BALD EAGLE	2	2		2	70			5	2	5
COOT			305			560		90	15	1190
W. PELICAN								15		5
CORMORANT

November 30, 2006

Last flight of the season.

SPECIES	POOL 12 DEADMAN	POOL 12 GALENA	POOL 12 WISE LAKE	POOL 13 LOST MOUND	POOL 13 PLEASANT CREEK	POOL 13 GREEN ISLAND	POOL 13 SPRING LK UPPER	POOL 13 SPRING LK LOWER	POOL 13 ELK RIVER	POOL 13 LOWER POOL
SWANS							450	195	330	10
CANADA GEESE					1035	305	635	1610	905
OTHER GEESE
MALLARD		20	85		1185	320	835	2390	1860	485
BLACK DUCK
PINTAIL
GADWALL			10
WIGEON
N. SHOVELER							45
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
WOOD DUCK
REDHEAD
CANVASBACK									30	1600
RINGNECK										375
SCAUP							100	250	50	4885
C. GOLDENEYE			35						90	1735
BUFFLEHEAD										45
MERGANSER								30		80
RUDDY DUCK								20

DUCKS, GEESE & SWAN TOTALS	-	20	130	-	2,220	625	2,065	4,495	3,265	9,215

PUDDLE DUCKS	-	20	95	-	1,185	320	880	2,390	1,860	485
DIVING DUCKS	-	-	35	-	-	-	100	300	170	8,720

OTHER SPECIES
GREAT BLUE HERON								1
GREAT EGRET
BALD EAGLE	11	2	5			27	1	31	3	3
COOT			135	1	12	450		465		1200
W. PELICAN
CORMORANT

Total Refuge Pools 4-14
Winona District Pools 4-6
La Crosse District Pools 7-8
McGregor District Pools 9-11
Savanna District Pools 12-14

Last updated: April 15, 2009

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