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Date:	Jan. 5, 2006								Date:	Jan. 5, 2006								Date:	Jan. 5, 2006
Comments	clear skies, wind 3 knots from variable degrees
	Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa R.	Santa Rosa to	Sumner	Sumner Res.	Fort Sumner	Fields to				Bottomless	Bottomless lk		Dexter NFH		Huey WMA			Artesia to	Brantley	Brantley Res		Lake Avalon
	Reservoir	to Santa Rosa	Sumner Res.	Reservoir	to Ft Sumner	to fields south	Bitter Lk NWR			Bitter Lk NWR	Lakes	to Dexter NFH	Dexter NFH	Huey WMA	Huey WMA	to Artesia			Brantley Res	Reservoir	Lake Avalon	Lake Avalon	to TX border		TOTAL
Beg. Time	9:20 AM	skipped	skipped	9:44 AM	skipped	9:55 AM	skipped		Beg. Time	ground survey	10:30 AM	10:40 AM	10:50 AM	10:55 AM	11:15 AM	11:17 AM		Beg. Time	skipped	11:30 AM	11:35 AM	11:40 AM	skipped
End Time	9:32 AM			9:50 AM		10:05 AM			End Time		10:40 AM	10:50 AM	10:55 AM	11:15 AM	11:17 AM	11:20 AM		End Time		11:35 AM	11:40 AM	11:45 AM
Total Time	12			6		10			Total Time		10	10	5	20	2	3		Total Time		5	5	5			93
% Ice									% Ice									% Ice
Temp (F)									Temp (F)									Temp (F)
swan									swan									swan				1			1
snow goose									snow goose	800								snow goose							800
Ross' goose									Ross' goose	4226								Ross' goose							4226
white-fronted									white-fronted									white-fronted							0
Canada goose	10			825					Canada goose	1996	10	3						Canada goose		10					2854
Total geese	10	0	0	825	0	0	0		Total geese	7022	10	3	0	0	0	0		Total geese	0	10	0	0	0		7880
green-winged teal						12			green-winged teal	317	170	27		200				green-winged teal		20	30				776
mallard	50			25		32			mallard	928	479	475	30	484	45			mallard		910	110	80			3648
northern pintail									northern pintail	1983	190	25	90					northern pintail				50			2338
teal									teal	1								teal							1
northern shoveler									northern shoveler	278								northern shoveler				50			328
gadwall				3					gadwall	56			120					gadwall							179
American wigeon	30								American wigeon	140	485		200		90			American wigeon				100			1045
wood duck									wood duck									wood duck							0
anas									anas									anas							0
Total dabbler	80	0	0	28	0	44	0		Total dabbler	3703	1324	527	440	684	135	0		Total dabbler	0	930	140	280	0		8315
canvasback				50					canvasback									canvasback				170			220
redhead									redhead	60	100							redhead		10		500			670
ring-neck duck									ring-neck duck	41								ring-neck duck				300			341
scaup									scaup	10								scaup				100			110
goldeneye	80			60					goldeneye	5								goldeneye		20		170			335
bufflehead									bufflehead									bufflehead		5		30			35
ruddy duck									ruddy duck	67								ruddy duck							67
diver									diver									diver							0
Total divers	80	0	0	110	0	0	0		Total divers	183	100	0	0	0	0	0		Total divers	0	35	0	1270	0		1778
hooded mergan.									hooded mergan.									hooded mergan.							0
common merg									common merg									common merg							0
merganers	795			660					merganers	1				3				merganers		55	34	270			1818
Total mergan.	795	0	0	660	0	0	0		Total mergan.	1	0	0	0	3	0	0		Total mergan.	0	55	34	270	0		1818
unidentified duck									unidentified duck	259								unidentified duck							259
Total ducks	955	0	0	798	0	44	0		Total ducks	4146	1424	527	440	687	135	0		Total ducks	0	1020	174	1820	0		12170
am. coot	355			20					am. coot	261	50		30					am. coot		20	200	2680			3616
white pelican				1					white pelican									white pelican		20					21
cormorants									cormorants									cormorants							0
bald eagle	7								bald eagle									bald eagle							7
golden eagle									golden eagle									golden eagle							0
osprey									osprey									osprey							0
raptor									raptor									raptor							0
Tot. raptor	7	0	0	0	0	0	0		Tot. raptor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Tot. raptor	0	0	0	0	0		7
sandhill crane						22			sandhill crane	55	4							sandhill crane		4					85
Tot. crane	0	0	0	0	0	22	0		Tot. crane	55	4	0	0	0	0	0		Tot. crane	0	4	0	0	0		85