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The Theocrat
Zion, Lake County County, Illinois
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Across North America, 1,500 census-takers for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service counted millions of ducks and geese last month using ground observations and low-flying planes for photography, marking the first continent-wide inventory after 12 years of national tabulations.
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COUNTING BEAKS OF
DUCKS AND GEESE
There was no privacy in a wild duck's life last month.
From Maryland's eastern shore to California's southern coast, from Alaska's snowy hills to Mexico's inland lakes, some 1,500 people are counting beaks by the million.
These folk are 46 census-takers for the Government's Fish and Wildlife Service. This month they're busy adding up the population figures on ducks and geese.
For the last dozen years, the Federal agency has made tabulations of the number of wild fowl in the nation. This year the inventory is being conducted for the first time on a continent-wide basis. State and Federal conservation officers, wildlife technicians, ornithologists, forest rangers, and just plain sportsmen are keeping an eye on the birds' flyways and wintering grounds.
"Census-takers" in planes are circling low over groups of ducks and geese, taking numerous pictures which later will be enlarged so the birds can be counted.
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From Maryland's Eastern Shore To California's Southern Coast, From Alaska's Snowy Hills To Mexico's Inland Lakes
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Last Month
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Census-takers for the Government's Fish and Wildlife Service conducted a continent-wide count of ducks and geese populations, involving 1,500 people including conservation officers, wildlife technicians, ornithologists, forest rangers, and sportsmen, using aerial photography and observations of flyways and wintering grounds.