Summer Lake Weekly Waterfowl Counts

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2023-24 Weekly Waterfowl Counts

Previous counts:

2022-23 Weekly Waterfowl Counts
2021-22 Weekly Waterfowl Counts
2020-21 Weekly Waterfowl Counts
2019-20 Weekly Waterfowl Counts
2018-19 Weekly Waterfowl Counts

Ducks

  2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Pre 5-Yr average
9/1 -9/7         58,619 32,368 30,712 35,017 31,156 18,098 45,494
9/8 - 9/14         34,466 21,817 12,391 24,985 17,828 24,839 28,142
9/15 - 9/21 35,881 40,734 31,781   35,799 27,134 25,009 37,915 35,494 34,691 33,862
9/22 - 9/28 48,361 34,263 45,566 51,099 28,014 18,553 33,955 49,146 29,443 47,582 35,499
9/29 - 10/5 58,977 42,604 34,544 70,752 46,067 39,346 40,837 63,646 25,743 31,447 46,663
10/6 - 10/12 97,073 36,057 60,839 59,687 39,728 42,368 42,785 51,879 63,086 42,968 47,736
10/13 - 10/19 56,123 56,334 34,542 52,972 37,301 35,765 41,945 36,639 54,178 51,651 43,383
10/20 - 10/26 59,463 29,612 62,276 68,071 31,061 32,917 43,641 58,518 50,211 54,909 44,787
10/27 - 11/2 45,578 39,657 59,734 66,646 27,937 34,707 28,594 32,355 91,728 49,842 45,736
11/3 - 11/9 55,478 60,078 52,771 32,315 23,719 29,679 24,177 27,165 65,718 44,415 39,712
11/10  - 11/16 51,476 29,059 42,329 43,659 23,845 25,255 29,234 23,975 39,040 31,322 32,829
11/17 - 11/23 41,664 9,525 30,623 29,020 20,777 23,840     28,384 36,398 22,757
11/24 - 11/30 24,489 5,340 13,432 32,151   23,312 18,902 15,789 6,964 35,885 18,559
12/1 - 12/7 8,490   9,723 22,219 10,766 11,515 15,645 8,889 11,342 30,322 13,556
12/8 - 12/14 16,998 2,817 9,349 18,052 8,628 5,889 6,431 11,418 5,721 23,378 8,947
12/15 - 12/21 10,944 3,768 8,569 12,331 5,146 6,424 2,854 3,766 6,089 16,542 7,248
12/22 - 12/28 10,881 4,969 5,250 11,480 8,720 6,155 3,889 4,267 5,413 18,125 7,315
12/29 - 1/4 13,121 3,773 5,181 7,580 8,344 5,802 4,056 2,982 5,784 4,220 6,136
1/5 - 1/11   5,561 3,963 7,943 7,797 4,389 5,838 3,179 3,896 4,336 5,931
1/12 - 1/18 5,634 4,954 4,506 4,850   5,289 5,074 3,241 2,507 4,478 4,900
1/19 - 1/25 6,725   4,853 8,330   6,258 5,077 2,145 2,655 4,826 6,480
1/26 - 2/1     3,480         3,136 11,887 5,191 3,480

summer lake duck counts

Snow and Ross Geese

  2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Pre 5-Yr average
9/1 -9/7         0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9/8 - 9/14         0 0 0 6 1 0 0
9/15 - 9/21 0 0 0   0 0 0 127 0 0 0
9/22 - 9/28 0 12 11 0 0 2 0 136 0 0 5
9/29 - 10/5 160 31 310 29 33 5 1,611 443 1,898 316 82
10/6 - 10/12 3,100 1,275 9,139 0 360 0 1,917 300 5,992 2,506 2,155
10/13 - 10/19 2,113 1,961 610 500 8,604 0 2,760 4,458 4,664 3,650 2,335
10/20 - 10/26 2,550 6,400 3,587 5,757 1,016 1,075 2,280 6,065 4,733 3,398 3,567
10/27 - 11/2 2,350 8,110 2,630 5,270 578 2,390 527 2,678 2,787 3,607 3,796
11/3 - 11/9 1,909 9,555 1,492 5,500 498 2,322 2,803 1,607 1,619 1,002 3,873
11/10  - 11/16 2,750 946 1,753 1,962 397 580 2,058 3,612 1,557 73 1,128
11/17 - 11/23 3,200 463 1,101 1,400 294 3,807     527 1 1,413
11/24 - 11/30 7 477 800 1,300   2,578 130 736 0 13 1,289
12/1 - 12/7 90   275 450 30 26 0 494 0 5 195
12/8 - 12/14 0 2 200 650 35 0 0 0 0 10 177
12/15 - 12/21 25 1 276 12 30 0 2 70 1 0 64
12/22 - 12/28 3 50 150 0 26 0 1 1 0 1 45
12/29 - 1/4 275 65 5 0 91 31 0 0 0 0 38
1/5 - 1/11   380 20 2 12 4 0 0 0 0 84
1/12 - 1/18 26 2,111 900 240   7 370 16 47 444 815
1/19 - 1/25 0   2,100 1,350   20 441 9 80 550 1,157
1/26 - 2/1     3,500         539 2,430 2,000 3,500

summer lake snow and ross geese counts

White-fronted Geese

  2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Pre 5-Yr average
9/1 -9/7         156 937 236 581 112 295 547
9/8 - 9/14         354 764 528 702 236 363 559
9/15 - 9/21 438 459 193   673 599 429 950 811 605 481
9/22 - 9/28 964 407 312 1,182 214 546 257 352 904 567 532
9/29 - 10/5 359 333 787 598 563 1,202 358 514 835 695 697
10/6 - 10/12 688 466 755 178 238 142 122 50 1,581 564 356
10/13 - 10/19 544 470 493 147 230 226 12 115 730 17 313
10/20 - 10/26 410 212 91 374 79 673 74 90 796 217 286
10/27 - 11/2 518 138 193 220 59 488 29 93 846 104 220
11/3 - 11/9 453 111 300 170 30 342 521 171 677 60 191
11/10  - 11/16 607 94 358 430 5 528 64 824 179 116 283
11/17 - 11/23 411 54 321 0 37 390     101 123 160
11/24 - 11/30 71 107 178 110   325 275 483 0 205 180
12/1 - 12/7 39   81 12 0 132 23 162 1 220 56
12/8 - 12/14 26 0 145 30 0 0 0 252 6 342 35
12/15 - 12/21 15 0 195 62 4 3 5 68 0 297 53
12/22 - 12/28 103 0 152 0 3 0 8 0 0 75 31
12/29 - 1/4 36 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 52 4
1/5 - 1/11   0 6 3 86 0 0 0 0 11 19
1/12 - 1/18 0 0 42 0   8 261 0 0 114 13
1/19 - 1/25 0   160 46   110 86 0 2 120 105
1/26 - 2/1     110         413 54 195 110

summer lake white-fronted geese counts

Canada Geese 

  2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Pre 5-Yr average
9/1 -9/7         1,175 839 978 1,172 1,469 508 1,007
9/8 - 9/14         825 919 830 1,382 1,101 514 872
9/15 - 9/21 405 320 642   953 898 544 659 841 455 703
9/22 - 9/28 422 332 373 909 713 1,391 648 678 545 727 744
9/29 - 10/5 402 317 401 520 694 1,010 648 784 693 542 588
10/6 - 10/12 424 357 426 371 481 509 564 578 665 485 429
10/13 - 10/19 667 239 489 627 649 525 803 634 390 660 506
10/20 - 10/26 298 164 183 969 324 854 625 579 645 746 499
10/27 - 11/2 364 182 290 279 720 621 621 474 617 442 418
11/3 - 11/9 404 534 219 164 624 583 554 597 526 577 425
11/10  - 11/16 421 665 399 862 665 682 906 593 533 806 655
11/17 - 11/23 456 743 479 254 509 776     800 1,155 552
11/24 - 11/30 554 361 570 493   1,019 554 1,180 683 736 611
12/1 - 12/7 324   482 605 397 1,185 1,535 1,392 1,225 921 667
12/8 - 12/14 417 805 646 1,071 709 864 898 1,305 1,021 1,051 819
12/15 - 12/21 383 377 645 692 755 679 656 1,025 1,509 1,093 630
12/22 - 12/28 349 341 575 762 685 924 687 1,214 934 838 657
12/29 - 1/4 354 737 825 705 626 1,123 973 269 750 1,155 803
1/5 - 1/11   532 651 345 423 810 775 694 1,072 692 552
1/12 - 1/18 156 701 340 548   1,020 891 787 859 1,119 652
1/19 - 1/25 221   534 568   763 630 440 734 832 622
1/26 - 2/1     374         1,048 557 589 374

Summer Lake Canada Geese counts

Tundra and Trumpeter Swans

  2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Pre 5-Yr average
9/1 -9/7         25 17 15 19 15 14 21
9/8 - 9/14         25 18 18 11 9 7 22
9/15 - 9/21 11 10 9   22 15 20 22 21 12 14
9/22 - 9/28 10 2 20 19 15 26 11 22 21 15 16
9/29 - 10/5 8 14 27 30 29 28 27 19 16 26 26
10/6 - 10/12 18 19 25 30 11 18 27 21 15 13 21
10/13 - 10/19 12 20 28 24 14 26 21 31 18 19 22
10/20 - 10/26 108 125 73 39 154 81 61 40 27 19 94
10/27 - 11/2 1,143 190 140 1,706 3,270 116 1,763 195 113 187 1,084
11/3 - 11/9 1,068 655 1,260 3,067 3,853 540 2,980 905 1,417 669 1,875
11/10  - 11/16 1,264 949 1,404 1,579 3,334 3,467 2,756 3,493 1,484 1,267 2,147
11/17 - 11/23 770 504 780 1,905 3,171 4,222     1,286 1,611 2,116
11/24 - 11/30 741 218 732 948   3,913 1,934 1,991 475 1,493 1,453
12/1 - 12/7 631   830 1,071 1,026 2,392 1,341 1,315 968 1,481 1,330
12/8 - 12/14 654 220 839 1,106 1,449 1,353 1,072 1,034 453 1,148 993
12/15 - 12/21 799 242 829 1,108 1,169 1,211 484 777 619 908 912
12/22 - 12/28 664 151 623 889 1,053 1,413 643 926 593 1,130 826
12/29 - 1/4 1,392 273 562 992 912 1,391 955 282 482 856 826
1/5 - 1/11   312 616 1,303 1,129 1,344 919 495 599 945 941
1/12 - 1/18 807 271 996 843   1,708 1,561 550 630 794 955
1/19 - 1/25 1,161   1,067 2,279   1,588 1,133 623 366 1,693 1,645
1/26 - 2/1     1,395         474 674 2,379 1,395

summer lake tundra and trumpeter swan counts

Coots

  2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Pre 5-Yr average
9/1 -9/7         6,577 8,301 9,244 13,166 12,816 5,006 7,439
9/8 - 9/14         8,747 5,650 4,938 12,550 4,381 5,965 7,199
9/15 - 9/21 13,220 17,188 20,090   9,099 8,806 7,266 17,875 11,646 10,610 13,796
9/22 - 9/28 25,231 13,920 35,991 23,438 7,853 6,228 9,414 19,217 9,674 20,200 17,486
9/29 - 10/5 18,823 17,350 28,788 32,683 9,280 11,700 15,185 21,891 9,212 14,835 19,960
10/6 - 10/12 20,267 30,583 35,787 18,192 13,075 11,920 11,781 24,885 20,047 15,995 21,911
10/13 - 10/19 14,592 28,021 28,196 44,641 12,158 11,346 9,402 18,661 21,797 16,081 24,872
10/20 - 10/26 24,295 23,675 13,951 26,118 8,353 11,292 7,923 21,617 22,755 18,226 16,678
10/27 - 11/2 10,933 25,799 17,449 30,950 7,426 10,624 9,257 13,565 24,677 17,966 18,450
11/3 - 11/9 11,095 25,129 20,844 26,730 6,100 7,618 4,552 11,087 20,079 11,942 17,284
11/10  - 11/16 8,210 4,756 9,190 11,416 5,803 3,465 3,114 6,395 6,443 9,088 6,926
11/17 - 11/23 3,373 343 3,705 8,550 4,370 2,587     4,300 5,487 3,911
11/24 - 11/30 450 202 2,054 1,331   2,389 686 1,947 614 2,860 1,494
12/1 - 12/7 374   1,004 669 988 377 258 107 316 1,489 760
12/8 - 12/14 218 101 999 130 900 38 119 181 513 1,040 434
12/15 - 12/21 276 157 422 100 543 220 84 79 183 798 288
12/22 - 12/28 158 329 173 375 306 13 48 27 328 684 239
12/29 - 1/4 437 90 162 200 255 7 89 13 118 121 143
1/5 - 1/11   11,095 123 180 172 12 56 57 119 40 154
1/12 - 1/18 97 8,210 91 199   4 190 94 144 46 127
1/19 - 1/25 503   161 200   10 211 37 96 113 124
1/26 - 2/1     100         13 102 241 100

Summer Lake coots counts