The Importance Of Eurasian Milfoil (Myriophyllum Spicatum) As A Waterfowl Food
The primary objectives of the study were to determine and document waterfowl use of Eurasian milfoil in the vicinity of a new outbreak near Back Bay and Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuges in Virginia and North Carolina. Digestive tracts were collected in the vicinity of Back Bay, Virginia, and Currituck Sound, North Carolina, during the 1968-69, 1969-70 and 1970-71 hunting seasons. Examinations of 170 waterfowl digestive tract contents included 27 Canada geese, 74 dabbling ducks of six species, 38 diving ducks offour species and 31 coots. Analysis revealed that: 71.8 percent contained...
