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Summer behavior of adult radio-equipped woodcock in central Maine

The behavior of 26 adult American woodcock (Philohela minor) was studied in central Maine during the summers of 1971-73 using radiotelemetry. Adults used diurnal covers and nocturnal sites that were similar to those previously recorded for immature woodcock. The adults, however, were more active during the daylight hours and moved to nocturnal sites later in the evening. Adult woodcock seemed t
Authors
R.B. Owen, J. W. Morgan

Lethal Dietary Toxicities of Environmental Pollutants to Birds

No abstract available.
Authors
E. F. Hill, R.G. Heath, J. W. Spann, J.D. Williams

Birds imported into the United States in 1972

Birds imported into the United States in 1972 are tabulated by species. Total numbers for the period 1968-72 are given for the more commonly imported taxa. The number of birds imported in 1972 (640,995) decreased by about one third from that of 1971, largely as a result of a ban declared on the importation of birds in August 1972 due to the outbreak of exotic Newcastle,disease. Much of the decr
Authors
R. B. Clapp

Experimental duck hunting seasons, San Luis Valley, Colorado, 1963-1970

No abstract available.
Authors
Richard M. Hopper, Aelred D. Geis, Jack R. Grieb, Lewis Nelson