Post by coalregionhunter on Feb 22, 2013 12:07:15 GMT -5
Hello Everyone,
Many thanks to the dedicated group of volunteers and dogs who joined us in the Turbotville area on Sunday to help conduct wild pheasant flushing surveys! The numbers of male and female pheasants flushed are listed by group number and group leader below. Some groups flushed more than 1 site. Wild pheasant sex ratios for all study areas will be calculated when all flushing surveys are completed. 61 volunteers and 39 dogs surveyed 12 sites on Sunday. More farms in this area will be surveyed on Feb 24th
Preliminary Turbotville area wild pheasant flushing surveys, Sunday February 17, 2013:
M=Male, F=Female, U= unknown
86M:87F -Group 1 –Lynn Appelman (also 15 short-eared owls, 1 northern harrier)
03M:16F (2U) -Group 2 –Brandon Black (also 1 coyote, 6 eastern bluebirds)
11M:12F (2U) -Group 3 –Megan Rake (also 2 northern harriers, 1 short-eared owl, 1 American kestrel)
07M:10F -Group 4 –Butch Krick
16M:10F (1U) – Group 5 –Kurt Bond
04M:09F – Group 6 –Kevin Wenner
03M:03F (1U) – Group 7 –Wyatt Knepp (also 2 northern harriers)
Turbotville Area History:
A total of 839 wild pheasants were released in the Turbotville Area 2007, 2008 and 2009(PPL land only). The farms we surveyed on Sunday Feb 17 received birds in 2007 and 2008.
It has been 5 years since the last release on these farms.
Colleen DeLong
Wildlife Biologist
Pennsylvania Game Commission
570-380-0833
cdelong@pa.gov
Many thanks to the dedicated group of volunteers and dogs who joined us in the Turbotville area on Sunday to help conduct wild pheasant flushing surveys! The numbers of male and female pheasants flushed are listed by group number and group leader below. Some groups flushed more than 1 site. Wild pheasant sex ratios for all study areas will be calculated when all flushing surveys are completed. 61 volunteers and 39 dogs surveyed 12 sites on Sunday. More farms in this area will be surveyed on Feb 24th
Preliminary Turbotville area wild pheasant flushing surveys, Sunday February 17, 2013:
M=Male, F=Female, U= unknown
86M:87F -Group 1 –Lynn Appelman (also 15 short-eared owls, 1 northern harrier)
03M:16F (2U) -Group 2 –Brandon Black (also 1 coyote, 6 eastern bluebirds)
11M:12F (2U) -Group 3 –Megan Rake (also 2 northern harriers, 1 short-eared owl, 1 American kestrel)
07M:10F -Group 4 –Butch Krick
16M:10F (1U) – Group 5 –Kurt Bond
04M:09F – Group 6 –Kevin Wenner
03M:03F (1U) – Group 7 –Wyatt Knepp (also 2 northern harriers)
Turbotville Area History:
A total of 839 wild pheasants were released in the Turbotville Area 2007, 2008 and 2009(PPL land only). The farms we surveyed on Sunday Feb 17 received birds in 2007 and 2008.
It has been 5 years since the last release on these farms.
Colleen DeLong
Wildlife Biologist
Pennsylvania Game Commission
570-380-0833
cdelong@pa.gov