Pre-Season Survey for
Tallahassee AreaFlight date:
15 November 2000
Lake Jackson - still very dry, most water is on east end.
25 unidentified ducks
Carr Lake, Mallard Pond, Lake Iamonia
0 ducks
Orchard Pond (private)
150 ring-necked ducks
Lake Munson - drawn down for restoration work, mostly dry
0 ducks
Lake
Miccosukee - very little water, mostly at north end
0 observed from air
from earlier airboat survey (R.
Daniels):
30
American green-winged teal
12
ring-necked ducks
Lake Seminole (Florida side only) -
nearly all birds in big water north of dam, just west of main boat channel
ring-necked ducks 905
American wigeon 10
canvasbacks 30
wood ducks 18
Canada geese 35
Apalachee WMA ponds
0 ducks
Lake Talquin
140 ring-necked ducks
Hickory Mound Impoundment WMA
0 ducks
Coastal marsh between Hickory Mound and Piney Island
0 ducks
Piney Island (off Panacea)
American green-winged teal 20
redhead 5
scaup 20
Apalachee
Bay
150 scaup
Apalachicola Bay
Big Bay: 200 Scaup/ring-necked ducks, mixed
flock
50 big dabbling ducks (pintails?)
"few"
buffleheads
Lake Wimico - birds in SE portion of lake, east of main channel
ring-necked ducks 825
unidentified ducks 40
scaup 75
bufflehead 2
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