Show Numbers Ample On Duck Count Annual winter waterfowl cen on utah marshes show ample numbers of ducks geese and other waterfowl wintering within the Beehive State Counts conducted January 3 through 6 totaled ducks 2825 Canada geese 2379 whist whist- whistling ling swans and coots for lor lora fora a combined wintering population tion of birds I THE COUNTS conducted jointly by personnel from State i and Federal agencies using I both air and ground convey convey- conveyances ances showed the current win ter population to be up by near near- nearby by 11 birds from last years year's total wintering waterfowl pop pop- population of State and federal inventories made periodically during the three months prior to this an an- an annual nual Inventory indicated the wa- wa waterfowl wa population followed the normal pattern of reaching its peak In September and gradually ally diminishing during October November and December This annual winter survey is conducted during the same per led iod in all states as a measure to determine the continental wintering waterfowl population I |