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Waterfowl and Habitat Changes
After 40 Years on the Waubay Study Area

Table 5

Table 5. Total ducks and indicated breeding pairs tabulated during four pair counts in the Waubay study area, Day County, South Dakota, 1992-1993.
	Total Ducks 1992		Individual Pairs 1992		Total Ducks 1993		Individual Pairs 1993
	5/11 - 5/15	5/26 - 5/29	5/11 - 5/15	5/26 - 5/29	5/10 - 5/14	5/24 - 5/27	5/10 - 5/14	5/24 - 5/27
Dabbling ducks
Mallard	254	286	206	218	308	353	227	220
Gadwall	268	207	155	119	202	222	109	132
Northern pintail	43	16	28	13	62	58	47	39
Green-wing teal	7	10	5	9	18	4	12	3
Blue-wing teal	578	408	335	294	794	702	463	497
Northern shoveler	95	73	55	49	92	84	54	56
American wigeon	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
Wood duck	10	1	9	1	2	4	1	4
Total Dabblers	1,259	1,002	796	704	1,478	1,427	913	951
Diving ducks
Redhead	145	184	94	120	223	163	138	110
Canvasback	10	9	9	7	18	6	12	4
Lesser scaup	29	2	16	1	0	3	0	2
Ring-necked duck	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ruddy duck	35	32	23	25	53	55	39	37
Total Divers	223	227	144	153	294	227	189	153
Total	1,482	1,229	940	857	1,772	1,654	1,102	1,104
Canada geese	70	—	47	—	40	—	109	—

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