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Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge

2005 WATERFOWL AERIAL SURVEYS
Savanna District Pools 12-13

September 27, 2005
These pools were not flown.

October 3, 2005
These pools were not flown.

October 14, 2005
These pools were not flown

due to high winds.


October 18, 2005

Pool 12 not flown.

SPECIES POOL 12 DEADMAN POOL 12 GALENA POOL 12 WISE LAKE POOL 13 PLEASANT CREEK POOL 13 GREEN ISLAND POOL 13 SPRING LK UPPER POOL 13 SPRING LK LOWER POOL 13 ELK RIVER POOL 13 LOWER POOL
SWANS      
 
 
 
 
 
 
CANADA GEESE    
350
 
215
60
370
 45
OTHER GEESE      
 
 
 
 
 
 
MALLARD    
140
25
0
90
BLACKDUCK      
 
 
 
 
PINTAIL      
 
 
 
 
GADWALL      
15
 
 
 
WIGEON      
400
 
 
N. SHOVELER      
 
 
 
 
BLUE-WINGED TEAL      
 75
 
 
 5
 
 20
GREEN-WINGED TEAL      
 
 
 
WOODDUCK    
5
 
 
 
 5
REDHEAD      
 
 
 
 
 
 
CANVASBACK      
 
 
 
 600
 40
RINGNECK      
 
 
 
 
SCAUP      
 
 
 
 600
 
 
C. GOLDENEYE      
 
 
 
 
 
 
BUFFLEHEAD
MERGANSER      
 
 
 
 
 
 
RUDDY DUCK      
 
 
 
 
 
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
DUCKS, GEESE & SWAN TOTALS
985
0
240
1285
500
70
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
PUDDLE DUCKS
635
0
25
25
90
25
DIVING DUCKS               -                -                -  
               -  
           0
               0
 1200
             40
        0 


October 24, 2005

SPECIES

POOL 12 DEADMAN

POOL 12 GALENA

POOL 12 WISE LAKE

POOL 13 PLEASANT CREEK

POOL 13 GREEN ISLAND

POOL 13 SPRING LK UPPER

POOL 13 SPRING LK LOWER

POOL 13 ELK RIVER

POOL 13 LOWER POOL

SWANS

           

10

   

CANADA GEESE

   

10

135

 

140

180

1355

80

OTHER GEESE

                 

MALLARD

     

120

50

240

145

285

145

BLACKDUCK

                 

PINTAIL

                 

GADWALL

               

40

WIGEON

     

5

   

60

 

45

N. SHOVELER

                 

BLUE-WINGED TEAL

         

5

 

155

 

GREEN-WINGED TEAL

                 

WOODDUCK

                 

REDHEAD

                 

CANVASBACK

                 

RINGNECK

                 

SCAUP

                 

C. GOLDENEYE

               

75

BUFFLEHEAD

                 

MERGANSER

                 

RUDDY DUCK

                 
                   

DUCKS, GEESE & SWAN TOTALS

0

0

10

260

50

385

395

1795

385

                   

PUDDLE DUCKS

0

0

0

125

50

245

205

440

230

DIVING DUCKS

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

75


November 1, 2005

SPECIES

POOL 12 DEADMAN

POOL 12 GALENA

POOL 12 WISE LAKE

POOL 13 PLEASANT CREEK

POOL 13 GREEN ISLAND

POOL 13 SPRING LK UPPER

POOL 13 SPRING LK LOWER

POOL 13 ELK RIVER

POOL 13 LOWER POOL

SWANS

           

25

   

CANADA GEESE

     

795

1100

735

490

800

5

OTHER GEESE

                 

MALLARD

   

150

8420

35

400

2500

420

20

BLACKDUCK

                 

PINTAIL

                 

GADWALL

     

200

   

5

 

5

WIGEON

           

10

   

N. SHOVELER

                 

BLUE-WINGED TEAL

             

50

 

GREEN-WINGED TEAL

                 

WOODDUCK

     

10

         

REDHEAD

                 

CANVASBACK

             

50

500

RINGNECK

                 

SCAUP

               

125

C. GOLDENEYE

                 

BUFFLEHEAD

                 

MERGANSER

                 

RUDDY DUCK

                 
                   

DUCKS, GEESE & SWAN TOTALS

-  

-  

150

9,425

1,135

1,135

3,030

1,320

655

           

PUDDLE DUCKS

-  

-  

150

8,630

35

400

2,515

470

25

DIVING DUCKS

-  

-  

-  

-  

-

-

-

50

625


November 8, 2005

SPECIES

POOL 12 DEADMAN

POOL 12 GALENA

POOL 12 WISE LAKE

POOL 13 PLEASANT CREEK

POOL 13 GREEN ISLAND

POOL 13 SPRING LK UPPER

POOL 13 SPRING LK LOWER

POOL 13 ELK RIVER

POOL 13 LOWER POOL

SWANS

           

30

   

CANADA GEESE

     

1085

250

810

1350

1055

165

OTHER GEESE

                 

MALLARD

5

 

40

1385

20

1150

3050

565

150

BLACKDUCK

     

5

   

5

5

 

PINTAIL

         

70

75

10

 

GADWALL

     

325

 

95

545

500

655

WIGEON

     

15

   

150

   

N. SHOVELER

           

65

   

BLUE-WINGED TEAL

                 

GREEN-WINGED TEAL

     

55

 

40

145

20

25

WOODDUCK

     

20

 

25

45

 

5

REDHEAD

                 

CANVASBACK

           

1290

 

9310

RINGNECK

         

225

1225

 

3100

SCAUP

           

120

 

1680

C. GOLDENEYE

                 

BUFFLEHEAD

               

25

MERGANSER

                 

RUDDY DUCK

               

515

                   

DUCKS, GEESE & SWAN TOTALS

5

-  

40

2,890

270

2,415

8,095

2,155

15,630

     

PUDDLE DUCKS

5

-  

40

1,805

20

1,380

4,080

1,100

835

DIVING DUCKS

-  

-  

-  

        -  

-  

225

2,635

-  

14,630



November 14, 2005

Pools 12-13 not flown.

Ground counts conducted on Pool 13 by Savanna District personnel showed that on Tuesday, November 15, Spring Lake upper unit had over 2200 puddle ducks (828 mallard, 228 gadwall, 936 pintail, 122 wigeon, 20 shoveler, 82 woodies, 2 black ducks), 38 bufflehead, 85 ring-necked ducks, 9 tundra swans, and 1075 Canada geese and Pleasant Creek had almost 400 puddle ducks (106 mallard, 40 gadwall, 134 pintail, 6 green-winged teal, 70 wigeon, 32 woodies) and 210 Canada geese. By Thursday, November 17, most of Spring Lake and Pleasant Creek were frozen over, but Spring Lake was still holding 1270 mallards, 2230 geese, 355 swans, and some shovelers. Diving ducks increased to over 22,000 (estimated almost 16,000 canvasbacks and 6440 scaup) above L&D13.

 

November 22, 2005

SPECIES

POOL 12 DEADMAN

POOL 12 GALENA

POOL 12 WISE LAKE

POOL 13 PLEASANT CREEK

POOL 13 GREEN ISLAND

POOL 13 SPRING LK UPPER

POOL 13 SPRING LK LOWER

POOL 13 ELK RIVER

POOL 13 LOWER POOL

SWANS

         

115

580

35

5

CANADA