Hi folks,

Thought that some might be interested in articles related to birds in the
recent issue of the Wildlife Society Bulletin. Many of these articles
tend to be management-related, rather than "pure" biology, but
managment's what makes the world go 'round.... :-)

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, WA
anderjda at dfw.wa.gov

Wildlife Society Bulletin
Volume 23, Number 2 Summer 1995

GIS for mapping waterfowl density and distribution from aerial surveys.
W.I. Butler Jr, R.A. Stehn, and G.R. Balogh. 140-147.

Locating waterfowl observations on aerial surveys. W.I. Butler Jr, J.I.
Hodges, and R.A. Stehn. 148-154. (Yukon Delta)

Winter line-transect surveys of wood ducks and mallards in Mississippi
greentree reservoirs. D.E. Sherman, R.M. Kaminski, and B.D. Leopold.
155-163.

Comparison of abundance indexes and population estimates for wild turkey
gobblers. J.R. Lint, B.D. Leopold, and G.A. Hurst. 164-168.

Assessing ground-based counts of nestling bald eagles in northeastern
Minnesota. M.R. Fuller, J.S. Hatfield, and E.L. Lindquist. 169-174.

An efficient method for capturing flightless geese. G.R. Constanzo, R.A.
Williamson, and D.E. Hayes. 201-203. (nuisance Canada Geese)

A noose trap for capturing pileated woodpeckers. H.D. Cooper, C.M.
Raley, and K.B. Aubry. 208-211. (This work was conducted by "our"
research biologists from the US Forest Service research stations in La
Grande, Oregon and Olympia, Washington).

Floating eggs to estimate incubation stage does not affect hatchability.
Julie A.R. Alberico. 212-216.

Evaluation of two power line markers to reduce crane and waterfowl
collision mortality. W.M. Brown and R.C. Drewien. 217-227. (San Luis
Valley, CO)

Spraying white mineral oil on Canada goose eggs to prevent hatching. E.
Christens, H. Blokpoel, G. Rason, and S.W.D. Jarvie. 228-230. (All
sprayed eggs failed to hatch)

An assessment of habitat quality for northern bobwhite in tall
fescue-dominated fields. T.G. Barnes, L.A. Madison, J.D. Sole, and M.J.
Lacki. 231-237. (Data indicated Tall fescue was not good bobwhite
habitat because it lacked the proper vegetation structure, floristic
composition, and sufficient quality food - might this work have implications
for the thousands of acres of tall fescue grass seed fields in the Willamette
Valley?)

Regulation of the street pigeon in Basel. D. Haag-Wackernagel.
256-260. (Feral _Columba livia_ in Switzerland - program to educate
people to NOT feed pigeons reduced the city's population by half)

Electric fence predator exclosure to enhance duck nesting: a long-term
case study in Iowa. T.G. LaGrange, J.L. Hansen, R.D. Andrews, A.W.
Hancock, and J.M. Kienzler. 261-266.

Effects of releasing pen-raised northern bobwhites on survival rates of
wild populations of northern bobwhites. T. DeVos Jr. and D.W. Speake.
267-273.

And a number of papers on mammal-management and socio-economic subjects.