The production of crop-milk in band-tailed pigeons was investigated
to estimate losses of squabs that occur from hunting
pigeons during September.¹ Living birds held captive were examined
with a cystos cope and pigeons killed by hunters were examined in the
field to determine changes in gross appearance of crops and...
The occurrence of band-tailed pigeons (Columba fasciata) three mineral sites in Western Oregon was studied during the summers of 1974-1976. Objectives of the study were o: determine seasonal patterns of utilization of mineral sites by pigeons of different sex and age classes; determine productivity of pigeon populations associated with Mineral...
A study of the Pacific coast Band-tailed pigeon (Columbia fasciata Say) was conducted from August 1966 to September 1968. Bands recovered from 14,787 pigeons banded in the Pacific Coast states, 1929-65, were used to determine distribution, migration, and mortality. Data on the age structure of populations were obtained from 3,596...
Calling of captive and free-living band-tailed pigeons (Columba fasciata, Say) was studied between June, 1965, and June, 1967, in western Oregon. Vocalizations of captive band-tails were observed during mornings and afternoons in 1965 and 1966; calling of free-living band-tails was observed in mornings during call-counts and point observations in 1966....
