Spring breeding counts

[Shoveler]

Maybe old news but thought I would post.

http://www.deltawaterfowl.org/archive/020708_count.html

FWS released a report on dry prairie breeding grounds yesterday. I will try to post a link.

Its,

http://news.fws.gov/newsreleases/r9/AEE7CF3E-FFF3-425E-A049DCCB8BCACAA2.html

Shoveler

[Coldwater Charters]

Great Post Shoveler, I can't believe it hasn't gotten more attention. I'm no Bioligist, but from what I read, the Mallard breeding peaked at it's highest level since 1955 a couple years ago. Now that we are in a slight decline we still should have good to great numbers of mallards for our up coming seasons. It looked like Gadwals took a bigger loss then most others but over all, I would say with the drought conditions which is a natural occurance that we should fare just fine.

[Shoveler]

Coldwater Charters

Thanks, I thought it was some good information and should be shared. I agree the season should be fine but I do have setting in the back of my mind a 45day/4bird limit. Wasn't there a big concern a couple of years back about the Scaup population??? They declined by 5% so I wonder if and what measures were taken to help them out. Pintails look to have had a hard go of it, down by 46%.

Shoveler