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W. J. Francis
1962
Journal
Nov. 10. Drove to Hasting Reservation
to discuss Quail project with John
Davis. Traps are available with
banding records back to 1939 and
field notes of various observers.
Continued to McMillan ranch
in San Luis Obispo County. Discussed
quail & conservation problems in
general. Took notes (see following
pages) on localities in his hunting
record, and summarized notes on
numbers, sex & age of birds tagged
1946-1961. (ff.). Detailed data are
available on number, age and sex
of birds tagged on each hunting
date, and the specific locality.
Nov. 11. McMillan ranch San Luis Obispo
County. Walked over the area of
a quail covery in Portuguese Canyon -
Pole-line ridge-Marion Spring area,
sighted estimated 200 quail
centered on grassy plot surrounded
by brush on north-facing slope.
McMillan killed two quail (both
fem. female. We drove around
the ranch, flushing 100 or so
birds in the "Willows" area, and
seeing a number near the Old House.