. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. FIGURE 1. Great Basin Canada Geese. The bird on the left is an immature male and on vhe right is on immature female. Photograph by A. E. Naylor, August, 1952. The majority of resident waterfowl in the valley, including the Great Basin Canada Goose {Branta canadensis moffitti), nest in the agricul- tural area adjacent to the north shore of Honey Lake (Figure 1). The north shore of the lake (the Susan River del
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. FIGURE 1. Great Basin Canada Geese. The bird on the left is an immature male and on vhe right is on immature female. Photograph by A. E. Naylor, August, 1952. The majority of resident waterfowl in the valley, including the Great Basin Canada Goose {Branta canadensis moffitti), nest in the agricul- tural area adjacent to the north shore of Honey Lake (Figure 1). The north shore of the lake (the Susan River delta) has a fair growth of marsh vegetation suitable as nesting cover. The remaining edges of the lake are bare or have a low growth of salt grass, and as a result, have little nesting activity occurring there. In addition to the agricultural area, the irrigated pastures and meadowland bordering the Susan River and the banks of the river are suitable as cover for nesting waterfowl. A study (Najdor 1953) of nesting Canada geese on Honey Lake Refuge, located along the north shore of Honey Lake, was conducted in 1951. Throughout this report references are made to the 1951 study. However, further citations of that study will be omitted. In 1939 and 1940, Dow made a nesting study of Canada geese in the Honey Lake Valley. Since the study in 1951 was limited to the refuge, it seemed necessary to evaluate the nesting along the Susan River in order to obtain an over-all picture of the A^alley as a breeding area for the Canada geese. The objectives of this study were to determine the number of Canada geese using the river and to obtain production data from goose nests found along the river as compared to the nesting on the Honey Lake Refuge. The results are given in this paper. This study encompassed an area along the Susan River and its diver- sions from the town of Johnstonville to the Honey Lake Refuge, a dis- tance of approximately 16 miles (Figure 2). Land use in this study. Please n
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