. Propagation of wild birds; a manual of applied ornithology, treating of practical methods of propagation of quails, grouse, wild turkey, pheasants, partridges, pigeons and doves, and waterfowl, in America, and of attracting and increasing wild birds in general, including song-birds . Nest of canvasback in tract of old sedge built up in water one and one halffeet deep, Manitoba. Nest of lesser scaup duck in rank vegetation ten feet back from shore ofmarshy lake, Manitoba WILD DUCKS 145 conditions, though, it is best to try to gather all the eggsand rear the young with bantams. Control in Free
. Propagation of wild birds; a manual of applied ornithology, treating of practical methods of propagation of quails, grouse, wild turkey, pheasants, partridges, pigeons and doves, and waterfowl, in America, and of attracting and increasing wild birds in general, including song-birds . Nest of canvasback in tract of old sedge built up in water one and one halffeet deep, Manitoba. Nest of lesser scaup duck in rank vegetation ten feet back from shore ofmarshy lake, Manitoba WILD DUCKS 145 conditions, though, it is best to try to gather all the eggsand rear the young with bantams. Control in Free Range. Under some conditions it ispossible to maintain wild ducks in freedom of flight, yetunder artificial control. This plan is especially applicableto large estates, where there is abundant space of water andmarsh, and with species that normally breed in the generalregion. Such undertakings are particularly the province ofState game officials, as wildfowl thus raised will naturallyspread to surrounding locaHties and benefit the general pub-He. This mode of procedure is based upon the fact thatyoung ducks reared artificially, even if allowed powers offlight, will resort to the places where they are fed, often re-maining through the winter if any water can be kept openfor them. Even if attracted away with migrating fowl, theyoften return. Most of them tend to remain or
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