. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. NESTING CANADA GEESE IN HONEY LAKE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA After the eggs have hatched, the goose usually broods her young in the nest for twelve to twenty-four hours. The young are then led to open water, usually a lake or one of the deep canals, where the family remains until the young are able to fly. Hartson Reservoir (Pig. 2) is one of the favorite rearing areas in Honey Lake Valley, and during the course of this study, the margins of
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. NESTING CANADA GEESE IN HONEY LAKE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA After the eggs have hatched, the goose usually broods her young in the nest for twelve to twenty-four hours. The young are then led to open water, usually a lake or one of the deep canals, where the family remains until the young are able to fly. Hartson Reservoir (Pig. 2) is one of the favorite rearing areas in Honey Lake Valley, and during the course of this study, the margins of Honey Lake itself were used extensively. In some cases broods of geese traveled as far as four or five miles over marshy areas or along water courses in order to reach these large bodies of water. Haystacks (Fig. 5), ca- nal banks (Fig. 6), muskrat houses, matted masses of tules (Fig. 7), and sand islands were among the pre- ferred nesting sites. The ex- tensive use of haystacks as nesting sites afforded the writer an opportunity to make the following unusual observations: On April 14, 1940, the writer noticed a wagon load of hay which was stuck in the mud and abandoned tem- porarily by the owner. A nest containing six eggs was found on the exact top of the load at a height of 12 feet from the ground. When the nest was revisited a few days later, a mallard was found to be nesting on the same wagon within three feet of the incubating goose. Both were successful in hatching broods. On March 18, 1940, a goose nest containing two eggs was found on the top of one end of a large hay- stack, more than 18 feet from the ground. Two or more wagon loads of hay were being taken from the opposite end of the stack each day. As the haystack decreased in size and the nest was endangered, the rancher considerately moved the nest and eggs to a safer position on the stack. By April 25th, the stack had dwindled to only a small pile and the nest was less than six feet from the ground. The farmer
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