| Abstract: | Nestling mourning doves (Zenaidura macroura) were banded and checked for band loss prior to fledging at Parchman, Mississippi, during the months of June-August, 1960. Three hundred seventy-seven nestlings 4-6 days of age were banded, 117 with size 3 bands, 120 with size 3A bands, and 140 with size 3A bands secured by Dalzoflex tape. Two hundred twenty nestlings 7-9 days of age were banded, 114 with size 3 bands and 106 with size 3A bands. In the 4- to 6-day age group, 66.3 percent of the size 3A bands were lost. This was a statistically significant departure from the 7.7 percent loss of size 3 bands. No taped bands were lost. However, predators ate 13.8 percent of the nestlings with taped bands and significantly fewer of the nestlings banded without tape. In the 4- to 6-day age group, percentages of nestlings known to be available for band recovery at 9 days or older were: size 3, 69.2 percent; size 3A with tape, 59.0 percent; size 3A, 25.8 percent. In the 7-to 9-day age group, there was a 3.3 percent loss of size 3A bands and no loss of size 3 bands. The minimum age at which nestlings were banded without subsequent loss of bands was 6 days for size 3 and 8 days for size 3A. |
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| Citation Author: | Kaczynski, C.F.; Kiel, W.H. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Wildlife Management |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Band loss by nestling mourning doves; 1963; Article; Journal; Journal of Wildlife Management; Kaczynski, C.F.; Kiel, W.H. |
| Citation Start Page: | 271 |
| Citation Volume: | 27 |
| Citation Year: | 1963 |
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| Text: | Band loss by nestling mourning doves; 1963; Article; Journal; Journal of Wildlife Management; Kaczynski, C.F.; Kiel, W.H. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3798406 |
| Date Other: | Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:17 -0500 |
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