Waterfowl Population Summary

Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge

Refuge Totals

Fall 2006/Winter 2007

	10/16/06	11/1/2006	11/16/06	12/1/2006	12/16/06	1/1/2007	1/16/2007	2/1/2007	2/16/2007	3/1/2007
	to	to	to	to	to	to	to	to	to	to
	10/31/2006	11/15/2006	11/30/2006	12/15/2006	12/31/2006	1/15/2007	1/31/2007	2/15/2007	2/29/07	3/16/2007
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Total Swans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada Goose	362	593	785	3,109	3,555	3,460	4,012	2,279
Brant
White-fronted Goose			320	200	200	350	370	300
Snow Goose				50	50	92	21	6
Ross's Goose		2		2
Total Geese	362	595	1,105	3,361	3,805	3,902	4,403	2,585
Mallard	2,480	9,756	28,731	85,021	77,303	86,028	48,536	57,053
Black Duck	11	242	698	2,877	3,675	2,987	2,995	1,405
Gadwall	16,362	8,622	7,440	22,792	17,073	11,174	13,102	4,954
American Wigeon	1,937	3,220	1,415	4,349	3,004	5,522	5,514	312
Pintail	415	2,989	1,170	7,300	5,759	6,470	9,024	4,557
Green-winged Teal	1,810	3,999	5,760	5,031	7,728	8,467	6,669	675
Blue-winged Teal	20
Shoveler	40	113	70	35	180	282	350
Wood Duck	59	145	110	85	4	85	67	6
Unidentified Duck
Redhead			25	45	25
Ring-necked Duck		1,050	1,162	2,605	10,170	4,710	2,580	2,520
Canvasback		830	570	900	770	875	210	647
Scaup		239	300	1,872	964	1,333	444	230
Common Goldeneye			3	41	197	65	32	199
Bufflehead		1,274	508	1,148	1,167	599	348	311
Ruddy Duck	50	153	730	1,823	2,050	1,303	1,570	235
Hooded Merganser	10		720	1,988	1,469	81	285	30
Common Merganser					10			42
Red-breasted Merganser			80	262	183	56	116
Total Ducks	23,194	32,632	49,492	138,174	131,731	129,957	91,842	73,176
Bald Eagle (Adult)	4	2	3	15	21	18	12	9
Bald Eagles (Immature)	1	6	6	9	18	12	21	12
Total Bald Eagles	5	8	9	24	39	30	33	21
Golden Eagles (Adult)
Golden Eagles (Immature)
Total Golden Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Common Loon		55	21	61	82	45	21
American Coot	14,824	22,310	690	1,958	1,175	2,510	2,115	200
American White Pelican		1,020	340	80	100
Sandhill Crane					11
Survey Details
Type	Aerial	Aerial	Aerial	Aerial	Aerial	Aerial	Aerial	Aerial	Aerial	Aerial
Area Coverage	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Date Conducted	10/20/2006	11/3/2006	11/20/2006	12/8/2006	12/18/2006	1/8/2007	1/19/2007	2/5/2007
Observer	Wheat	Wheat	Wheat	Wheat	Wheat	Wheat	Wheat	Ferrell	Wheat	Wheat
Change from Last Year Survey During Same Period of Year (Geese)	-33%	-39%	-17%	53%	7%	5%	10%
Change from 5-Year Average During Same Period of Year (Geese)	-41%	-33%	-23%	53%	10%	-23%	-21%
Change from 10-Year Average During Same Period of Year (Geese)	-46%	-42%	0.26	62%	0%	-47%	-32%
Change from Last Year Survey During Same Period of Year (Duck)	177%	11%	-15%	80%	-14%	-8%	-24%
Change from 5-Year Average During Same Period of Year (Duck)	48%	15%	3%	87%	9%	-13%	-33%
Change from 10-Year Average During Same Period of Year (Duck)	105%	12%	5%	93%	-2%	-19%	-37%