Summary of Foreign Game Bird Liberations, 1969-78

Summary of Foreign Game Bird Liberations, 1969-78
Author: Richard C. Banks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1981
Genre: Animal introduction
ISBN:

This compilation summarizes releases of exotic game birds into the United States by 23 States, 1969-78. The 32 entries of taxonomic units include 6 species (and 1 additional subspecies) of tinamous (family Tinamidae) and 13 species (and 12 additional subspecies or hybrid combinations) of partridges and pheasants (family Phasianidae). Twelve entries are of forms of the pheasant Phasianus colchicus.

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1546
Release: 1982
Genre: Government publications
ISBN:

February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index

Ecology of Aleutian Canada Geese at Buldir Island, Alaska

Ecology of Aleutian Canada Geese at Buldir Island, Alaska
Author: G. Vernon Byrd
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1983
Genre: Birds
ISBN:

Report on a study of the only known breeding population of the endangered Aleutian Canada goose (Brauta canadensis leucopareia) from 1974 to 1977 at Buldir Island, a western Aleutian island, Alaska.

Ecology of Bald Eagles Wintering Near a Waterfowl Concentration

Ecology of Bald Eagles Wintering Near a Waterfowl Concentration
Author: Curtice R. Griffin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 20
Release: 1982
Genre: Bald eagle
ISBN:

Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) associate with wintering waterfowl concentrations throughout the United States, but little detailed information is available on eagle-waterfowl relations. This report concerns the ecology of bald eagles wintering in the vicinity of Swan Lake National Wildlife Referenc in north-central Missouri and, more specifically, examines the association of the eagles with waterfowl during the winters of 1975-76, 1976-77, and 1977-78

Reliability of Kill and Activity Estimates in the U.S. Waterfowl Hunter Survey

Reliability of Kill and Activity Estimates in the U.S. Waterfowl Hunter Survey
Author: Leigh M. Couling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1982
Genre: Hunting surveys
ISBN:

A mail questionnaire survey of waterfowl hunters is conducted each year in the United States to provide information on waterfowl kill and hunter activity. We carried out a study using data from the 1971-73 and 1972-73 hunting seasons to determine the effectiveness of the present U.S. sampling and estimation techniques, and a number of modifications in both sampling and analysis is recommended.

Population Dynamics of Mourning Doves Banded in Missouri

Population Dynamics of Mourning Doves Banded in Missouri
Author: Richard D. Atkinson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1982
Genre: Bird populations
ISBN:

Most mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) banded in eastern Missouri in 1968-76 and recovered outside the State moved south-southeast into Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. Most doves banded in central and western Missouri and recovered elsewhere moved south-southwest into Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and Central America. Several central Missouri doves moved southeast.