How are the numbers of scoters from the various CBCs? Here are the Whidbey
counts for the last 2 years:
2004 2005
17 Year Avg. (minus '04 & '05)
Black Scoter 1 38
168
Surf Scoter 2,249 879
2,029
White-winged Scoter 203 61
1,168

Surf Scoters had rebounded until this year. White-wings have been on a
down curve for years. Scaup numbers were up while the Goldeneyes split-
Commons up, Barrow's down
What's happening with the other Greater Puget Sound counts of diving ducks?
I remain,
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Steve Ellis
Coupeville, Wa
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