ODNR Division of Wildlife - Wild Resources - Waterfowl Abundance Survey

Waterfowl Abundance Survey

2012-2013 Season Summary

Berlin Lake
Big Island Wildlife Area
Deer Creek
Delaware Lake
Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area
Indian Creek
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area
Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area
Lake La Su An Wildlife Area
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
Grand Lake St. Mary's/Mercer Wildlife Area
Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area
Mosquito Creek/Grand River Wildlife Areas
Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area
Salt Fork/The Wilds
Spring Valley Wildlife Area
Toussaint Marsh Wildlife Area
Tycoon Lake
Wolf Creek/AEP

Berlin Lake

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	56	220	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
10/13/2012	31	16	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/01/2012	35	439	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/13/2012	220	550	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
12/01/2013	0	152	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	14	53	Deep Flooding or Newly Flooded Habitat	No Ice
01/01/2013	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/13/2012	1111	505	Deep Flooding or Newly Flooded Habitat	Nearly Everything Frozen

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Big Island Wildlife Area

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	300	350	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
10/13/2012	64	92	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/01/2012	131	82	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/13/2012	255	193	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/01/2013	5	1	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	13	92	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	>50% of Habitat Frozen
01/01/2013	0	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	264	1145	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen

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Deer Creek

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	14	97	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
10/13/2012	20	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/01/2012	57	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/13/2012	69	15	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/01/2013	139	10	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	97	24	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	>50% of Habitat Frozen
01/01/2013	0	53	Deep Flooding or Newly Flooded Habitat	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	362	115	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen

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Delaware Lake

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	0	17	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
10/13/2012	0	0	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/01/2012	2	0	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/13/2012	7	20	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
12/01/2013	0	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	0	23	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
01/01/2013	12	117	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen
01/13/2012	0	11	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice

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Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	84	4	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
10/13/2012	0	0	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/01/2012	75	60	Deep Flooding or Newly Flooded Habitat	No Ice
11/13/2012	40	75	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen
12/01/2013	12	29	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	0	0	Deep Flooding or Newly Flooded Habitat	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/01/2013	0	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	500	325	Deep Flooding or Newly Flooded Habitat	<50% of Habitat Frozen

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Indian Creek

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	69	24	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
10/13/2012	45	140	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/01/2012	7	17	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/13/2012	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
12/01/2013	4	33	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	37	251	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen
01/01/2013	400	1050	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	33	402	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen

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Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	34	142	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
10/13/2012	51	18	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/01/2012	92	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/13/2012	57	20	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	>50% of Habitat Frozen
12/01/2013	4	45	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/01/2013	0	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	0	0	Deep Flooding or Newly Flooded Habitat	<50% of Habitat Frozen

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Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	225	425	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
10/13/2012	99	215	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/01/2012	1025	445	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/13/2012	1835	260	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/01/2013	270	600	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	2140	1220	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen
01/01/2013	0	12	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Lake La Su An Wildlife Area

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	175	100	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
10/13/2012	17	93	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/01/2012	19	0	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/13/2012	2	0	Abnormally Dry	>50% of Habitat Frozen
12/01/2013	1	4	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
12/13/2012	0	0	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
01/01/2013	0	0	Abnormally Dry	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	0	0	Abnormally Dry	Nearly Everything Frozen

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Magee Marsh Wildlife Area

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	1388	334	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
10/13/2012	119	27	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/01/2012	1226	91	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/13/2012	68	7	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen
12/01/2013	112	5	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	20	99	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
01/01/2013	76	20	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	124	26	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen

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Grand Lake St. Mary's/Mercer Wildlife Area

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
10/13/2012	1145	1370	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/01/2012	2135	1365	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/13/2012	1655	1760	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
12/01/2013	1915	2040	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
12/13/2012	835	1085	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
01/01/2013	875	1465	Abnormally Dry	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	585	840	Deep Flooding or Newly Flooded Habitat	<50% of Habitat Frozen

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Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	82	48	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
10/13/2012	37	17	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/01/2012	1411	11	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/13/2012	391	6	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen
12/01/2013	3	25	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	363	0	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
01/01/2013	65	50	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	470	135	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	>50% of Habitat Frozen

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Mosquito Creek/ Grand River Wildlife Ara

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	279	825	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
10/13/2012	456	565	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/01/2012	731	586	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/13/2012	350	655	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen
12/01/2013	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
12/13/2012	1000	1000	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
01/01/2013	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/13/2012	800	1000	Deep Flooding or Newly Flooded Habitat	<50% of Habitat Frozen

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Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	18	52	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
10/13/2012	29	1	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/01/2012	26	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/13/2012	10	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/01/2013	4	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	2	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen
01/01/2013	0	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	703	80	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen

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Salt Fork/The Wilds

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	80	9	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
10/13/2012	20	3	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/01/2012	165	290	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/13/2012	135	65	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen
12/01/2013	6	128	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	10	123	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	>50% of Habitat Frozen
01/01/2013	60	125	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	134	278	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen

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Spring Valley Wildlife Area

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	59	13	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
10/13/2012	16	72	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/01/2012	115	43	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/13/2012	290	78	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
12/01/2013	6	0	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
12/13/2012	60	0	Abnormally Dry	<50% of Habitat Frozen
01/01/2013	248	410	Abnormally Dry	>50% of Habitat Frozen
01/13/2012	54	144	Abnormally Dry	<50% of Habitat Frozen

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Toussaint Marsh Wildlife Area

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	10	3	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
10/13/2012	7	0	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/01/2012	8	0	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
11/13/2012	1	0	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
12/01/2013	0	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	39	1	Abnormally Dry	No Ice
01/01/2013	0	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	13	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen

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Tycoon Lake

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	96	1	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
10/13/2012	3	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/01/2012	16	37	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/13/2012	0	14	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen
12/01/2013	0	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	3	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
01/01/2013	1	200	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	3	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice

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Wolf Creek/AEP

Survey Date	Ducks Encountered	Geese Encountered	Water Level Conditions	Amount of Ice Present
10/01/2012	3	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
10/13/2012	49	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/01/2012	14	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
11/13/2012	46	35	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/01/2013	45	15	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice
12/13/2012	31	0	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	<50% of Habitat Frozen
01/01/2013	1	6	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	Nearly Everything Frozen
01/13/2012	9	6	Normal Shallow Water Flooding	No Ice

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