Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Species | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | Min-Max | ![]() |
| Dabbling ducks | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mallard | 8 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 7-18 | 11 |
| Gadwall | 14 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 9-19 | 14 |
| Northern pintail | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3-10 | 6 |
| Green-winged teal | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | <1 | 2 | 2 | 1-4 | 2 |
| Blue-winged teal | 41 | 46 | 63 | 52 | 49 | 43 | 41 | 45 | 32 | 47 | 45 | 54 | 35 | 49 | 51 | 31 | 31 | 31-63 | 46 |
| Northern shoveler | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3-10 | 6 |
| American wigeon | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1-5 | 2 |
| Total dabbling ducks | 84 | 87 | 97 | 92 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 80 | 80 | 90 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 81 | 73 | 73-97 | 86 |
| Diving ducks | |||||||||||||||||||
| Redhead | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1-6 | 4 |
| Canvasback | 3 | 1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | <1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0-4 | 1 |
| Lesser scaup | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1-9 | 5 |
| Ruddy duck | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | <1-12 | 4 |
| Ring-necked duck | 0 | 1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0-1 | <1 |
| Total diving ducks | 15 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 27 | 3-27 | 14 |
| Total pairs | 638 | 519 | 574 | 477 | 466 | 547 | 286 | 485 | 318 | 499 | 692 | 643 | 236 | 575 | 609 | 472 | 329 | 236-692 | 492 |