HniiiilAl HISTORY SURVEY 
APR 1 0 1981 
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MONTHLY WILDLIFE RESEARCH LETTER 
Illinois Federal Aid Projects W-66-R, W-37-R, and W-S3-R 
Department of Conservation and Natural History Survey, Cooperating 
Glen C. Sanderson and Eva Steger, Editors 
Urbana, Illinois 
March, 1931 
Vol. 24, No. 3 
Manipulation of Pheasant Habita t - 1/-66-R 
R. E. Warner 
Since 1972, 26 hen pheasants and 9 chicks have been captured near Siblev 
spring and summer and fitted with a radio transmitter to monitor use of habitat and 
brood movements. Meaningful information has been generated for only 1 0 T 
hens captured, however, because of mortality, aberrant behavior and V 
reception. Unsuccessful attempts to monitor pheasant broods haCe been costlv in'° 
terms of equipment, but more importantly in the loss of brood data. Y 
We have reviewed our radiote1emetry and capture techniques to identify 
procedures that may minimize mortality and abandonment of nests or broods Y 
f^Ld he ^“L^ d0m ' y . Se ! eC 3 d •**-*«"*• »■« w- S,?: data'were 
-a^soct-atrron tnat do-not-assumes-r>orma 1 distribution. 
Hens were captured and fitted wit-’- 1 A- it, _ *. . 
incubating nests (May) durlng^J^o^j* 
roods (July or August). Two factors were identified, which if controlled 
may minimize nest or brood abandonment by hens after caoture’anH , 
of time into incubation and weight of radio harness For g h Se l length 
nest, the frequency of abandonment apparently decreased (r TosP 
nest^ng^o^brood^ng'acti t^e^after InTsU^ sue ?« fu '^. resumed ’a^d completed 
The h diff li9hter - radi H- PaCkaSeS 25 ‘° 9> thIn n unsuccessfui°hens rn (| S =l8 d 8 d g) 
factors which P affect P t r he r surv?vaPof t radio-monitor r ed pheas'a™"? 11 C ° nSider 
Ecology and Management of Squirrels - W-66-R 
C. M. N ?xon, 
L. P. Hansen 
Increasing the percentage of oaks and hickories in new or existina fnr^r* 
concurren^practtces T 
y t £:£ oa d k h nd k hipkory ------- „r:f 
tolerant^mo fsture-Tov^ng ^ 
