MONTHLY WILDLIFE RESEARCH LETTER 
Vol. 1 , No. ^ 
Page 2 
W-52-R-3# P. Vohs, R. Conder 
A total of 19 quail and 6 doves was seen in the wide-row corn field 
interseeded with Korean lespedeza, red clover, and orchardgrass, at the Little 
Grassy area. No birds were flushed from either the control plot or the wide- 
row field where the millet-ryegrass-yellow sweetclover interseeding failed to 
show any sign of spring growth. Eight observations of quail were made in the 
wide-row plot at the Bradley Area during the month; no quail were sighted in the 
control plot. 
The wide-row field interseeded with a mixture containing Korean 
lespedeza, red clover, and orchardgrass at the Little Grassy Area is providing 
excellent wildlife cover and an abundance of forage is available to cottontails. 
The Korean lespedeza in the Bradley Area wide-row plot initiated growth during 
the month and is providing cover and food for cottontails. No yellow sweet- 
clover plants were visible in the field, however. 
A brief report on the values of wide-row corn to wildlife was presented 
to 21 members of the Oraville Sportsmen’s Club. 
W-55-R-2 
F. Bellrose 
This project was inactive during May. 
W-56-R-2 C-. Sanderson, K. Johnson 
Thirty-one wood duck nests were located in natural cavities: 26 on the 
study areas and 5 off. Of these, 11 have been destroyed, 3 were deserted, 9 have 
hatched successfully, and 12 are still being incubated. 
Thirty-one cavity-trees have been banded with Tanglefoot as protection 
against raccoons. Ten of the nests observed were in these trees. Five of the 
10 nests are being incubated, 2 were destroyed by squirrels, 1 was destroyed 
by a bird, 1 was deserted, and 1 was an unincubated dump nest. 
There was evidence of a raccoon climbing through the Tanglefoot on one 
tree and entering a cavity; however, the cavity did not contain a wood duck nest. 
Thirty-four raccoon captures were made in live traps on the Allerton 
Park study area. These represented 29 different animals. Twelve males and 
three females were caught for the first time. One recaptured female was first 
marked during 1957, and the other recaptured female was first caught this year. 
The latter female has been trapped a total of seven times. Six of the recaptured 
males were first caught and marked in 1957 and the other two were first caught 
this year. 
Southern Illinois University cooperating. 
