Publications
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Plastic adhesive tape for color-marking birds
Colored plastic adhesive tape wrapped around the tarsus has been used successfully for color-marking birds and has proved to be easy to put on, adaptable, permanent, and colorfast.
Authors
D. P. Fankhauser
Changes in land use and breeding red-winged blackbird populations at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
No abstract available.
Authors
D. P. Fankhauser, R.T. Mitchell
Woodcock age and sex determination from wings
Age of woodcock (Philohela minor) can be accurately determined throughout the year by differences in pattern, color, and wear of secondary feathers. Immature woodcock retain most secondaries during the postjuvenal molt that begins in July or August and ends in October. In contrast, subadults (first-year adults) and older woodcock molt all secondaries during the postnuptial molt beginning in June o
Authors
F.W. Martin
Biases in mail questionnaires of upland game hunters
No abstract available.
Authors
R.K. Martinson, D.E. Whitesell
A guide to the aging and sexing of wood warblers (Parulidae) in fall
No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
[Book review] Ulendo: Travels of a Naturalist in and out of Africa, by A. Carr
No abstract available.
Authors
F. C. Schmid
The life of a falcon. [Book review] The Peregrine Falcon, by R. Murphy
No abstract available.
Authors
F. C. Schmid
Seismic refraction survey in the Great Miami River Valley and vicinity, Montgomery, Warren, and Butler Counties, Ohio
As part of a continuing program to define the thickness and extent of water-bearing sand and gravel deposits in southwestern Ohio, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Ohio Division of Water and The Miami Conservancy District, completed a seismic refraction survey of the Great Miami River valley and adjacent areas between Dayton and Hamilton, Ohio, in the fall of 1963. A similar sur
Authors
Joel S. Watkins, Andrew M. Spieker