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 | 51 | 52 | 47 | 68 | 37 | 62 | 35 | 66 | 57 | 33 | 65 | 78 | 35 | 61 | 45 | 63 | 40 | 33-78 | 53 |
| Gadwall | 92 | 86 | 60 | 67 | 53 | 86 | 48 | 74 | 61 | 61 | 83 | 92 | 41 | 79 | 53 | 66 | 50 | 41-92 | 68 |
| Northern pintail | 53 | 32 | 33 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 24 | 28 | 23 | 38 | 43 | 26 | 15 | 41 | 25 | 49 | 13 | 13-53 | 31 |
| Green-winged teal | 15 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2-15 | 9 |
| Blue-winged teal | 261 | 236 | 363 | 248 | 227 | 237 | 117 | 216 | 103 | 234 | 314 | 345 | 83 | 283 | 311 | 144 | 103 | 83-363 | 225 |
| Northern shoveler | 53 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 46 | 62 | 36 | 17 | 14-62 | 29 |
| American wigeon | 16 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 6-17 | 11 |
| Total dabbling ducks | 541 | 451 | 559 | 439 | 397 | 493 | 258 | 439 | 289 | 397 | 552 | 581 | 198 | 485 | 504 | 381 | 239 | 198-581 | 424 |
| Diving ducks | |||||||||||||||||||
| Redhead | 16 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 35 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 2-38 | 18 |
| Canvasback | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 0-22 | 6 |
| Lesser scaup | 19 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 36 | 17 | 30 | 21 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 31 | 25 | 4-36 | 23 |
| Ruddy duck | 40 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 61 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 38 | 1-61 | 20 |
| Ring-necked duck | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-5 | 1 |
| Total diving ducks | 97 | 68 | 15 | 38 | 69 | 54 | 28 | 46 | 29 | 102 | 140 | 62 | 38 | 90 | 105 | 91 | 90 | 15-140 | 68 |
| Total pairs | 638 | 519 | 574 | 477 | 466 | 547 | 286 | 485 | 318 | 499 | 692 | 643 | 236 | 575 | 609 | 472 | 329 | 236-692 | 492 |