Saturday, January 7, 2017

Texas Mid-winter Waterfowl Survey 2017 - Texas Goose Count

The 2017 Texas Mid-winter Waterfowl Survey was flown during the last week of December 2016 and the results are in for light geese.

Zone 1 - 54,771
Zone 2  - 88,625
Zone 3  -  65,043
Zone 4 - 4,411

Total 212,850

The survey consists of the following 4 zones in SE Texas.
Zone 1 is the upper coast southeast of Houston
Zone 2 is the mid-coast north of 59
Zone 3 is the mid-coast south of 59
Zone 4 is the lower coast south of Guadalupe River.























 The Numbers (1982-2017)














Light Geese
Year          MWI Count
1982807,000
1983821,000
1984921,000
1985672,000
1986795,000
1987621,000
1988548,000
1989602,000
1990674,000
1991831,000
1992693,000
1993903,000
1994986,000
1995721,000
19961,093,000
1997826,000
19981,010,000
1999NR
2000964,000
2001652,000
2002535,000
2003363,000
2004469,000
2005404,000
2006399,000
2007558,000
2008299,000
2009362,000
2010431,000
2011631,000
2012253,000
2013395,000
2014196,000
2015442,000
2016254,000
2017        212,850