California fish and game (20487391516)

Title: California fish and game
Identifier: californiafishga65_1cali (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game
Subjects: Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons
Publisher: (San Francisco, etc. ) State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
Contributing Library: California Department of Fish and Game
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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28 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME
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Figure 3. Recoveries of 100 summer-trapped doves, 82 of which were taken within 40 km (shown by circle) of Turlock. From these recovery data it would appear that some birds are southward bound through the Turlock area in July and August. In point of fact, the initiation of hunting September 1, plus the early fall storms that often occur then, seem to induce substantial shifts in dove populations and the drift is generally south- ward. WINTER TRAP BANDING During the winter months doves feed primarily on corn kernels dropped to the ground during harvest. Although there are many corn fields that appear suitable for dove foraging, the birds often are found concentrated by the thou- sands in a few fields. My winter trapping involved first finding the fields currently in use by doves and then pre-baiting and setting traps in the same manner as during summer.