EAGLE RIVER FLATS FY 00
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Table II-1-1. Number of birds, by species or species group, observed during aerial surveys of
ERF in 2000.
4/20
4/27
5/3
5/10
5/15
5/23
5/31
6/16
6/29
7/9
7/26
8/10
0
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swans
Geese
Greater white-fronted
0
5
21
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Lesser snow
181
525
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Canada
105
125
11
0
0
11
0
15
0
0
0
238
Subtotal geese
286
655
32
9
0
11
0
15
0
0
0
245
Ducks
Green-winged teal
5
0
32
67
165
25
18
0
0
0
22
205
Mallard
2
9
54
80
80
35
18
99
13
23
127
161
Northern pintail
25
51
100
51
49
17
18
0
0
2
37
55
Nothern shoveler
0
0
12
21
12
17
45
0
0
0
0
0
American wigeon
5
0
20
48
73
10
22
64
4
57
62
183
Gadwall
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
Greater scaup
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Unidentified ducks
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Subtotal ducks
37
60
218
267
379
106
125
163
17
82
248
604
Other birds
Bald eagle
2
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
Raptor
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sandhill crane
0
13
5
0
0
2
18
6
7
0
10
0
Shorebird
0
0
0
6
46
0
58
0
0
0
238
16
Gull
0
19
46
51
42
31
74
175
19
29
17
8
Arctic tern
0
0
0
0
5
20
16
21
13
6
0
0
Common raven
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Table II-1-2. Mean numbers of waterfowl groups in 2000 by season. The number of complete
surveys used to classify observations by area for spring, summer, and fall were 7, 5, and 13,
respectively.
Coastal
Racine
Bread
Coastal
West
A
B
Island
C
CD
Truck
East
D
Spring
Swans
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.6
Geese
95.1
7.4
10.7
0.0
17.3
0.4
4.3
6.6
0.0
Greater white-fronted
0.0
0.0
3.9
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.7
0.0
0.0
Lesser snow
80.0
7.1
0.0
0.0
12.1
0.0
0.0
1.6
0.0
Canada
15.1
0.3
6.9
0.0
5.1
0.0
3.6
5.0
0.0
Ducks
28.0
43.7
26.4
2.1
15.0
25.1
2.7
6.9
20.3
Summer
Swans
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Geese
0.0
1.2
0.0
0.0
3.6
0.0
0.0
3.0
0.0
Greater white-fronted
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Lesser snow
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Canada
0.0
1.2
0.0
0.0
3.6
0.0
0.0
3.0
0.0
Ducks
9.2
26.8
23.8
1.6
0.8
19.4
0.0
16.8
36.6
Fall
Swans
0.0
0.5
4.6
0.0
0.2
2.7
0.0
4.2
15.8
Geese
53.0
16.0
0.6
1.5
1.0
0.2
11.0
49.9
0.0
Greater white-fronted
0.0
0.5
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.0
Lesser snow
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Canada
53.0
15.5
0.0
1.5
1.0
0.0
11.0
49.6
0.0
Ducks
34.4
102.4
82.7
3.1
43.5
39.2
15.9
28.7
85.7