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English: Nest of the Pacific horned owl (Bubo virginianus pacificus) with head of sitting bird showing over the edge. Photograph taken on the Los Banos waterfowl refuge (now Los Banos WMA). February 23, 1931.

Title: California fish and game
Identifier: californiafishga17_1931cali (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game
Subjects: Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons
Publisher: (San Francisco, etc. ) State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
Contributing Library: California Department of Fish and Game
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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 277 Division of Fish and Game, to walk off with a piece of eggshell in its bill for a distance of thirty feet or more and then fly away with it. Upon examining the nest, we found that with the exception of one small fragment, every vestige of the original four eggs had been removed. Further search disclosed a few scattered bits of shell in a line leading straight away from the nest, and further on a half an egg
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Fig. 83. Nest of the Pacific horned owl with head of sitting bird showing over the edge. Photograph taken on the Los Banos waterfowl refuge. February 23, 1931. shell, as though the bird had made a number of trips and had dropped some along the way; all told, however, we found hardly enough frag- ments to account for a single egf^- Western red-tail (Bitteo horealis ealurus). These birds have experienced some trouble this year from the high winds which fre- quently blow all day long with great force. Two nests, each containing fresh eggs were found blown over during one week and there were

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