Pacific Coast Avifauna Number Some Birds of the Fresno District, California, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Pacific Coast Avifauna Number Some Birds of the Fresno District, California, Vol. 9It is with regret that we note a gradually diminishing number of water fowl returning to us each fall. Doubtless the next few years will see the passing of several species forever, so far as this valley is concerned. While it is prob ably true that gunners are in a large measure responsible for the decrease in numbers of many species, particularly of the ducks and geese, yet a changed environment has been a potent factor in bringing about the present condition. It only requires a day's journey about the valley to convince anyone that conditions are rapidly becoming unsuited for waterfowl. The large grain and stock ranches are being subdivided, reclamation work is steadily reducing the swamp - covered areas, vineyards and orchards are springing up everywhere with a consequent great increase in population. Even the tule ponds that remain are often unsuit able for a nesting place on account of the custom of using them as foraging grounds for bands of hogs.Such birds as rear their young in a very few weeks and are able to make use of any temporary over¿ow pond are not in immediate danger, but the ducks and geese and others that require concealment during the summer, or large open fields in winter, are surely doomed.The author does not claim to have enumerated in the following pages all of the water birds that occur in the region under consideration, but mention has been made of each species that has been identified and it is hoped that the little introduction that has been given to some of the most beautiful and valuable of our birds will arouse a greater interest in them before many of them are gone forever.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.