2018-19 Summer Lake Weekly Waterfowl Counts

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2018-19 Weekly Waterfowl Counts

Ducks

  2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 Pre 5-Yr average
Sept. 1-7 32,368 30,712 35,017 31,156 18,098 21,272 24,360
Sept. 8-14 21,817 12,391 24,985 17,828 24,839   22,767
Sept. 15-21 27,134 25,009 37,915 35,494 34,691 15,658 31,926
Sept. 22-28 18,553 33,955 49,146 29,443 47,582 32,274 39,618
Sept. 29-Oct. 5 39,346 40,837 63,646 25,743 31,447 28,452 37,440
Oct. 6-12 42,368 42,785 51,879 63,086 42,968 21,769 42,712
Oct. 13-19 35,765 41,945 36,639 54,178 51,651 30,960 41,196
Oct. 20-26 32,917  43,641 58,518 50,211 54,909 39,961 46,904
Oct. 22-Nov. 2 34,707 28,594 32,355 91,728 49,842 46,409 48,223
Nov. 3-9 29,679 24,177 27,165 65,718 44,415 40,108 40,030
Nov.10-16 25,255 29,234 23,975 39,040 31,322 39,393 31,168
Nov. 17-23 23,840     28,384 36,398 34,995 28,499
Nov. 24-30 23,312 18,902 15,789 6,964 35,885 16,835 18,158
Dec. 1-7 11,515 15,645 8,889 11,342 30,322 8,312 15,614
Dec. 8-14 5,889 6,431 11,418 5,721 23,378 9,160 12,744
Dec. 15-21 6,424 2,854 3,766 6,089 16,542 7,057 7,808
Dec. 22 -28 6,155 3,889 4,267 5,413 18,125 6,127 8,367
Dec. 29 -Jan.4 5,802 4,056 2,982 5,784 4,220 3,998 4,322
Jan. 5 -11 4,389 5,838 3,179 3,896 4,336 2,519 3,244
Jan. 12 -18 5,289 5,074   2,507 4,478 5,305 3,849
Jan. 19 -25 6,258 5,077   2,655 4,826 2,847 3,426
Jan. 26 - Feb.1       11,887 5,191 5,701 7,593
               

summer lake duck counts

Snow and Ross Geese

 
2018  
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Pre 5-Yr average
Sept. 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sept. 8-14 0 0 6 1 0   0 2
Sept. 15-21 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 25
Sept. 22-28 2 0 136 0 0 2,060 300 499
Sept. 29-Oct. 5 5 1,611 443 1,898 316 3,840 2,702 1,840
Oct. 6-12 0 1,917 300 5,992 2,506 3,728 2,900 3,085
Oct. 13-19 0 2,760 4,458 4,664 3,650 3,656 6,051 4,496
Oct. 20-26 1,075  2,280 6,065 4,733 3,398 2,445 6,068 4,542
Oct. 22-Nov. 2 2,390 527 2,678 2,787 3,607 3,801 4,126 3,400
Nov. 3-9 2,322 2,803 1,607 1,619 1,002 1,346 2,797 1,674
Nov.10-16 580 2,058 3,612 1,557 73 905 1,008 1,431
Nov. 17-23 3,807     527 1 644 817 497
Nov. 24-30 2,578 130 736 0 13 10 650 282
Dec. 1-7 26 0 494 0 5 0 388 177
Dec. 8-14 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 2
Dec. 15-21 0 2 70 1 0 0 1 14
Dec. 22 -28 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dec. 29 -Jan.4 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan. 5 -11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan. 12 -18 7 370   47 444 0 0 123
Jan. 19 -25 20 441   80 550 0 2 158
Jan. 26 - Feb.1       2,430 2,000 300   1,577

Snow and Ross Geese

White-fronted Geese (Speckle bellies) 

 
2018  
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Pre 5-Yr average
Sept. 1-7 937 236 581 112 295 1 33 204
Sept. 8-14 764 528 702 236 363   228 382
Sept. 15-21 599 429 950 811 605 589 217 634
Sept. 22-28 546 257 352 904 567 954 741 704
Sept. 29-Oct. 5 1,202 358 514 835 695 1,610 1,168 964
Oct. 6-12 142 122 50 1,581 564 288 442 585
Oct. 13-19 226 12 115 730 17 150 430 288
Oct. 20-26 673  74 90 796 217 97 32 246
Oct. 22-Nov. 2 488  29 93 846 104 165 519 345
Nov. 3-9 342  521 171 677 60 102 36 209
Nov.10-16 528 64 824 179 116 100 4 245
Nov. 17-23 390     101 123 69 271 141
Nov. 24-30 325 275 483 0 205 162 221 214
Dec. 1-7 132 23 162 1 220 125 602 222
Dec. 8-14 0 0 252 6 342 2 322 185
Dec. 15-21 3 5 68 0 297 5 450 164
Dec. 22 -28 0 8 0 0 75 0 472 109
Dec. 29 -Jan.4 0 0 0 0 52 2 25 16
Jan. 5 -11 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 2
Jan. 12 -18 8 261   0 114 0 0 29
Jan. 19 -25 110 86   2 120 36 0 40
Jan. 26 - Feb.1       54 195 165   138

white-fronted geese counts, summer lake

Canada Geese 

 
2018  
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Pre 5-Yr average
Sept. 1-7 839 978 1,172 1,469 508 576 484 842
Sept. 8-14 919 830 1,382 1,101 514   816 953
Sept. 15-21 898 544 659 841 455 406 265 525
Sept. 22-28 1,391 648 678 545 727 606 516 614
Sept. 29-Oct. 5 1,010 648 784 693 542 700 661 676
Oct. 6-12 509 564 578 665 485 254 281 453
Oct. 13-19 525 803 634 390 660 418 401 501
Oct. 20-26 854  625 579 645 746 115 348 487
Oct. 22-Nov. 2 621  621 474 617 442 718 477 546
Nov. 3-9 583 554 597 526 577 372 655 545
Nov.10-16 682 906 593 533 806 956 651 708
Nov. 17-23 776     800 1,155 725 706 847
Nov. 24-30 1,019 554 1,180 683 736 512 900 802
Dec. 1-7 1,185 1,535 1,392 1,225 921 910 915 1,073
Dec. 8-14 864 898 1,305 1,021 1,051 921 784 1,016
Dec. 15-21 679 656 1,025 1,509 1,093 734 735 1,019
Dec. 22 -28 924  687 1,214 934 838 490 1,276 950
Dec. 29 -Jan.4 1,123 973 269 750 1,155 951 1,076 840
Jan. 5 -11 810 775 694 1,072 692 799 1,071 866
Jan. 12 -18 1,020 891   859 1,119 654 1,041 918
Jan. 19 -25 763 630   734 832 348 840 689
Jan. 26 - Feb.1       557 589 454   533

canada geese counts, summer lake

Tundra and Trumpeter Swans

  2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Pre 5-Yr average
Sept. 1-7 17 15 19 15 14 18 14 16
Sept. 8-14 18 18 11 9 7   22 12
Sept. 15-21 15 20 22 21 12 18 13 17
Sept. 22-28 26 11 22 21 15 17 17 18
Sept. 29-Oct. 5 28 27 19 16 26 1 12 15
Oct. 6-12 18 27 21 15 13 18 23 18
Oct. 13-19 26 21 31 18 19 32 25 25
Oct. 20-26 81 61 40 27 19 77 89 50
Oct. 22-Nov. 2 116 1,763 195 113 187 455 1,155 421
Nov. 3-9 540 2,980 905 1,417 669 1,508 1,445 1,189
Nov.10-16 3,467 2,756 3,493 1,484 1,267 2,809 1,728 2,156
Nov. 17-23 4,222     1,286 1,611 1,688 1,377 1,491
Nov. 24-30 3,913 1,934 1,991 475 1,493 884 1,427 1,254
Dec. 1-7 2,392 1,341 1,315 968 1,481 896 1,528 1,238
Dec. 8-14 1,353 1,072 1,034 453 1,148 650 681 793
Dec. 15-21 1,211 484 777 619 908 536 572 682
Dec. 22 -28 1,413 643 926 593 1,130 477 938 813
Dec. 29 -Jan.4 1,391 955 282 482 856 388 653 532
Jan. 5 -11 1,344 919 495 599 945 336 442 563
Jan. 12 -18 1,708 1,561   630 794 451 427 576
Jan. 19 -25 1,588 1,157   366 1,693 402 447 727
Jan. 26 - Feb.1       674 2,379 562   1,205

swan count, summer lake,

Coots

  2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Pre 5-Yr average
Sept. 1-9 8,301 9,244 13,166 12,816 5,006 4,595 2,143 7,545
Sept. 8-14 5,650 4,938 12,550 4,381 5,965   5,171 7,017
Sept. 15-21 8,806 7,266 17,875 11,646 10,610 6,071 7,722 10,785
Sept. 22-28 6,228 9,414 19,217 9,674 20,200 7,935 8,381 13,081
Sept. 29-Oct. 5  11,700 15,185 21,891 9,212 14,835 8,957 7,472 12,473
Oct. 6-12 11,920 11,781 24,885 20,047 15,995 10,341 11,800 16,614
Oct. 13-19 11,346 9,402 18,661 21,797 16,081 15,970 7,522 16,006
Oct. 20-26 11,292 7,923 21,617 22,755 18,226 14,301 9,746 17,329
Oct. 22-Nov. 2 10,624 9,257 13,565 24,677 17,966 16,211 6,598 15,803
Nov. 3-9 7,618 4,552 11,087 20,079 11,942 7,681 5,587 11,275
Nov.10-16 3,465 3,114 6,395 6,443 9,088 5,482 7,539 6,989
Nov. 17-23 2,587     4,300 5,487 4,678 4,683 4,787
Nov. 24-30 2,389 686 1,947 614 2,860 1,137 2,387 1,789
Dec. 1-7 377 258 107 316 1,489 273 1,754 788
Dec. 8-14 38 119 181 513 1,040 93 337 433
Dec. 15-21 220 84 79 183 798 188 191 288
Dec. 22 -28 13 48 27 328 684 42 157 248
Dec. 29 -Jan.4 7 89 13 118 121 25 60 67
Jan. 5 -11 12 56 57 119 40 48 55 64
Jan. 12 -18 4 190   144 46 10 46 62
Jan. 19 -25 10 211   96 113 35 63 77
Jan. 26 - Feb.1       102 241 155   166

coot counts, summer lake,
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