[obol] Chukar numbers down?

[Alan Contreras]

My barber, Pete Peterson, who has a pretty good handle on the status of
gamebirds in Oregon, returned from hunting in Malheur County and along the
Columbia recently.  He reports that hunters were leaving all of the rimrock
areas because they could find no chukars anywhere.  Pete himself could not
find chukars despite hiking in to areas where they are usually abundant
along the Owyhee.

He wonders if they can be affected by West Nile Virus or if some other
factor has slammed the population.  He also reports that California Quail
numbers were way down in these areas.

-- 
Alan Contreras
EUGENE, OREGON

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