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November 11, 2009

Waterfowl zones mapNorth Zone
That part of Indiana north of a line extending east from the Illinois border along State Road 18 to U.S. 31; north along U.S. 31 to U.S. 24;east on U.S. 24 to Huntington; and southeast on U.S. 224 to the Ohio border.

South Zone
That portion of the state south of the North Zone boundary and north of the Ohio River Zone.

Ohio River Zone
That portion of the state south of a line extending east from the Illinois border along Interstate 64 to New Albany; east on State Road 62 to State Road 56; east on State Road 56 to Vevay; along State Road 156 along the Ohio River to North Landing; north on State Road 56 to U.S. 50; and northeast on U.S. 50 to the Ohio border.

North Zone

Tri-County Kankakee Jasper-Pulaski Kingsbury LaSalle Willow Slough Pigeon River Pine Creek TOTAL
Mallard 75 3200 150 100 800 3000 60 NO 7385
Wood Duck 75 815 100 - 250 100 5 BIRDS 1345
Black Duck - 75 - - 50 25 - - 150
Wigeon - 50 - - 20 35 30 - 135
Green-Winged Teal - 85 10 10 300 400 15 - 820
Blue-winged Teal - 5 - - - 25 - - 30
Pintail - 45 15 - 20 40 - - 120
Shoveler 10 75 15 - 20 60 - - 180
Gadwall 120 20 5 50 50 15 - 260
Ringnecked Duck 75 85 20 - 50 300 - - 530
Scaup - 5 - - - 10 - - 15
Redhead - - - - - 10 - - 10
Canvasback - - - - 10 5 - - 15
Goldeneye - - - - - - - - 0
Bufflehead - 25 - - - 15 - - 40
Ruddy Duck - - - - - 20 - - 20
Hooded Merganser 75 - - - 20 20 - - 115
Red-breasted Merganser - - - - - - - - 0
Common Merganser - - - - - - - - 0
Canada Geese 75 600 5 10 50 20 475 - 1235
Snow Geese - 10 - - - - - - 10
Coot 150 300 200 1000 9000 - - 10650
Other Species - WFGO=15

SACR=10990
BAEA=1

 MUSW=2 - - MUSW=7 
SACR=75		 - -

South Zone

Zone 1

Salamonie Reservoir Roush Lake Mississinewa Reservoir Racccoon
Lake 		Minnehaha FWA Hardy Lake Reservoir Brookville Reservoir
Mallard 2 NO 140 NO 125 17 45
Wood Duck 6 REPORT 7 BIRDS 20 39 18
Black Duck - - - - - - -
Wigeon - - - - - - -
Green-winged Teal - - - - 65 - -
Blue-winged Teal - - - - - - -
Pintail - - - - - - -
Shoveler - - - - - - -
Gadwall - - 6 - 15 - 15
Ringnecked Duck - - 11 - - - -
Scaup - - - - - - -
Redhead - - - - - - -
Canvasback - - - - - - -
Goldeneye - - - - - - -
Bufflehead - - - - - - -
Ruddy Duck - - - - - - 5
Hooded Merganser - - 2 - - - -
Red-breasted Merganser - - - - - - -
Common Merganser - - - - - 12 -
Canada Geese
 144 - 210 - - 35 41
Snow Geese
 - - - - - - -
Coot
 - - 50 - - - 39
Other Species
 - - - - SACR=25
BAEA=1		 -

BAEA=1
DCCO=22

Zone 2

Monroe Res. Glendale FWA Atterbury FWA Muscatatuck
NWR 		Patoka Res. Patoka NWR Cane WMA Gibson
Generating
Station 		Goose Pond TOTAL
Mallard NO NO NO 1529 NO NO 214 7 1405 3484
Wood Duck REPORT REPORT REPORT 23 REPORT REPORT - - 42 155
Black Duck - - - 72 - - - - 13 85
Wigeon - - - 22 - - 10 - 5 37
Green-Winged Teal - - - 171 - - - - 661 897
Blue-winged Teal - - - 10 - - - - 2 12
Pintail - - - - - - - - 74 74
Shoveler - - - 17 - - - - 9 26
Gadwall - - - 131 - - - - 121 288
Ringnecked Duck - - - 125 - - - - 129 265
Scaup - - - - - - - - - 0
Redhead - - - - - - - - - 0
Canvasback - - - - - - - - - 0
Goldeneye - - - - - - - - - 0
Bufflehead - - - - - - 3 - - 3
Ruddy Duck - - - - - - - - - 0
Hooded Merganser - - - 6 - - 4 - - 10
Red-breasted Merganser - - - - - - - - - 0
Common Merganser - - - - - - - - - 0
Canada Geese - - - 1721 - - 56 6 177 2390
Snow Geese - - - - - - - - - 0
Coot - - - 96 - - - 3600 850 1035
Other Species - - - - - - GBHE=4 DCCO=56, GBHE=31
PBGR=7, HOGR=2		 DCCO=1, BAEA=15 -

Ohio River Zone

Blue Grass Hovey Lake TOTAL
Mallard NO 85 85
Wood Duck Report 120 120
Black Duck - 10 10
Wigeon - - 0
Green-winged Teal - 30 30
Blue-winged Teal - - 0
Pintail - - 0
Shoveler - - 0
Gadwall - 40 40
Ringnecked Duck - - 0
Scaup - - 0
Redhead - - 0
Canvasback - - 0
Goldeneye - - 0
Bufflehead - - 0
Ruddy Duck - - 0
Hooded Merg. - 6 6
Red-breasted Merg. - - 0
Common Merg. - - 0
Canada Geese - - 0
Snow Geese - - 0
Coot - - 0
Other species - BAEA=1
AWPE=16		 -

 

This year Last Year (at this time)
Blue-winged Teal 42 Total Canada Geese 3756
Green-winged Teal 1747 Total Puddlers 37554
Total Teal 1789 Total Divers 1543
    Total Teal 843
Total Canada Geese 3625    
Total Ducks 16816    

Codes

BAEA=bald eagle DCCO=cormorant COLO=loon SACR=sandhill crane
GREG=great egret MERG=other merganser WFGO=white-fronted goose GOEA=golden eagle
HOGR=horned grebe TRSW=trumpeter swan MUSW=mute swan OLDS=oldsquaw
CAEG=cattle egret WHSW=whistling swan PBGR=pied bill grebe GBHE=great blue heron
BRAN=brant SUSC=surf scoter EAGR=eared grebe TUSW=tundra swan