Cross Creeks Duck Count

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United States Department of the Interior
Fish and Wildlife Service
Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge
Weekly Waterfowl Population Summary

Calendar Week (Sun.- Sat.): November 03 - November 09, 200

Whistling - Duck		Ring-necked Duck	50
Tundra Swan		Greater Scaup
Trumpeter Swan		Lesser Scaup
Mute Swan		Oldsquaw
White-Fronted Goose		Black Scoter
Snow Goose	4	Surf Scoter
Canada Goose	1,422	Common Goldeneye
Wood Duck	10	Bufflehead
Green-winged Teal	94	Hooded Merganser	6
American Black Duck	299	Common Merganser
Mallard	3,271	Red-breasted Merganser
Northern Pintail	64	Ruddy Duck
Blue-winged Teal		Adult Bald Eagle
Cinnamon Teal		Imm. Bald Eagle
Northern Shoveler		Golden Eagle
Gadwall	177	Scaup	150
American Wigeon	215	Unknown
Canvasback
Redhead		American Coot	16

	Geese	Ducks	Coots	Swans
Total	1,426	4,336
Preceding Week (%change)
Preceding Year (%change)	-2%	+21%
10 Year Average (%change)	+17%	+10%

NOTE: %change = difference divided by former population level.

Supplementary Information

Waterfowl Activity: 54% of duck and 53% of geese observed were recorded from upper Pool 4. Pool 7 had 23% of the duck recorded on the survey but no geese were observed in this unit. Along with having the highest number of birds present upper Pool 4 had greatest number of species observed with 8 duck species and 2 goose species.

Hunting Pressure and Success: No hunt in progress.

Weather: Overall this week’s temperatures have slightly been below normal. Average daytime highs are normally are 60o F. One two day high temp was 48o-55o. Nov. 5 refuge experience light to moderate rain most of the day.

Habitat: The majority of mallards were observed along the edges of willow water ecotone with most other ducks being observed in shallow flooded aquatic vegetation.

Census Date: Nov. 07, 2002 Ground Survey

Reported by: Walter H. Neasbitt, Refuge Mgr.

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