. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. FOOD HABITS OF RING-NECKED PHEASANT 59 JAN FEB (1AR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC. RICE OTIiEP WILD5EED5 rLEShVERUITS, ANItlAL YEAQ CULT. SEEDS , rOQnS AVERAGE LEArACE, conns Figure 13. Monthly food consumption by adult pheasants. movement of the birds from the rice areas to areas more suitable for nest- ing which reduces the consumption of rice. Keduction in the use of rice during the months of July, August and S
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. FOOD HABITS OF RING-NECKED PHEASANT 59 JAN FEB (1AR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC. RICE OTIiEP WILD5EED5 rLEShVERUITS, ANItlAL YEAQ CULT. SEEDS , rOQnS AVERAGE LEArACE, conns Figure 13. Monthly food consumption by adult pheasants. movement of the birds from the rice areas to areas more suitable for nest- ing which reduces the consumption of rice. Keduction in the use of rice during the months of July, August and September is due to the fact that the maturing rice fields are flooded and waste seeds are unavailable. Barley and wheat were the other grain croj^s important in the diet of pheasants in the study area. One or both of these grains were taken in every month, except January. Maximum consumption was in July when these two grains combined to make up percent of the total volume of food. This coincided with the end of the harvesting season. Oats and the grain sorghums (milo, Sudan grass, etc.) were rela- tively unimportant to pheasants in the stud}- area; their combined use amounted to less than 3 percent of the years total by volume. This was to be expected as these crops were not so extensiA'ely planted in the study area as the other grains mentioned. Wild Seeds Wild, or weed seeds, were taken throughout the year, making up nearly 30 percent by volume of the 3-early diet. During spring, summer. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game. [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
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