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Received a report of a waterfowl survey from US Fish and Wildlife Service
today and they report 3,000 Greater White-fronted Geese now at Long Point
Unit, Reelfoot NWR!

Complete results of what I was sent are attached below.

bpb, Louisville
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Mid Winter Waterfowl Survey                          
1/8/03    clear    57     wind SW 10mph

9:30 am- 12:00pm aerial survey
12:00 pm-2:30 pm ground check

Lake Isom, TN

424 canada geese
2000 lesser scaup
587 ringneck ducks
8460 mallards
235 pintails
85 wood ducks
345 gadwall
96 wigeon

Reelfoot Lake, TN     

330 ringnecks
47 canvasbacks
223 ruddy ducks
540 lesser scaup
43 mallards
54 american coots
350 snow geese
12 canada geese

Reelfoot NWR, KY/TN

31,485 mallards
46 black ducks
435 pintails
230 gadwall
350 wood ducks
47 wigeon
65 northern shoveler
5339 canada geese
3000 white fronted geese
1 snow goose [Ross's? -- bpb]

Black Bayou Refuge, TN

2560 mallards
50 gadwall
15 pintail
5 northern shoveler
10 wigeon

Totals

Canada geese 5775 
Snow geese 351
White front 3000
Mallards 42,548
divers 3727
misc puddle ducks 2014

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Mid Winter Eagle Survey          1/8/03   

Aerial survey 9:30am-12:00pm

Lake Isom -- No eagles seen

Reelfoot Lake -- 14 adult    10 juvenile

Reelfoot NWR -- 5 adult    20 juvenile

Black Bayou Refuge -- 3 adult      6 juvenile

Miss. R: Tiptonville to KY Line -- 4 adult      1 juvenile
Miss. R: KY line to Hickman  -- 15 adult     1 juvenile

Total -- 41 adult    38 juvenile

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