. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 23 were caught on May 17. This indicates that eggs must have been deposited by April 10. The writer flushed a female from a late nest containing four fresh eggs on May 30, 1920. (See photo.) Ordinar- ily the honkersi of Tahoe have large young by this date as is attested by one of the size of a mallard I captured there May 29, 1921. Formerly inhabitants of the region collected numerous Canada goose eggs each sp
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 23 were caught on May 17. This indicates that eggs must have been deposited by April 10. The writer flushed a female from a late nest containing four fresh eggs on May 30, 1920. (See photo.) Ordinar- ily the honkersi of Tahoe have large young by this date as is attested by one of the size of a mallard I captured there May 29, 1921. Formerly inhabitants of the region collected numerous Canada goose eggs each spring which they hatched out under hens. It was told that in most cases the young were successfully and easily reared to become as tame as barnyard fowl. More active policing of this marsh in recent years has apparently stopped this practice and the geese are fortun- ately now unmolested by man during the breeding season. That other enemies occasionally account for some of them was indicated to me on June 4, 1923, when I found a nest containing six addled eggs of this goose with the remains of one of the parent birds six feet away,. Pig. 15. >;eHt of Canada , Rowlands Marsh, Lake Tahoe, California. by Author, May 30, 1920. Photo devoured except for head, wings and tail. Scrutiny of dry mud sur- rounding the nest revealed old coyote tracks and solved the identity of the marauder. The young of the Canada geese at Lake Tahoe begin to feather out and reach the "flapper" stage about July first. The adults then com- mence to loose their flight feathers, which are moulted all at once, rend- ering the birds flightless for a short interval. During this time the old birds and the young ones, which have not yet grown their wing quills, spend practically all the time either in or immediately adjacent to heavy tule patches, where they may readily hide and are almost impossible to apprehend. August finds both old and young gaining the power of flight and towards the latter
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