. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. .104 CALIFORNIA KISU AM) (iAME. FIGURE 9. The roadside is important habitat for the dove, providing wires and fencing for loafing, road bed for dusting, grit and food plants. (Photo by Waif Siienecker.) and Moore and Pearson (]941) have pointed ont, dove do not seek their food by scratching or di<ziii<i' as do the <rallinaceous birds, nor are they able to elin' to nprif»lit stalks or stems; tlierefore. tliey T(>ly on tlie
![. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. .104 CALIFORNIA KISU AM) (iAME. FIGURE 9. The roadside is important habitat for the dove, providing wires and fencing for loafing, road bed for dusting, grit and food plants. (Photo by Waif Siienecker.) and Moore and Pearson (]941) have pointed ont, dove do not seek their food by scratching or di<ziii<i' as do the <rallinaceous birds, nor are they able to elin' to nprif»lit stalks or stems; tlierefore. tliey T(>ly on tlie Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/RG45MC/california-fish-and-game-fisheries-california-game-and-game-birds-california-fishes-california-animal-population-groups-pches-gibier-poissons-104-california-kisu-am-iame-figure-9-the-roadside-is-important-habitat-for-the-dove-providing-wires-and-fencing-for-loafing-road-bed-for-dusting-grit-and-food-plants-photo-by-waif-siienecker-and-moore-and-pearson-941-have-pointed-ont-dove-do-not-seek-their-food-by-scratching-or-diltziiilti-as-do-the-ltrallinaceous-birds-nor-are-they-able-to-elin-to-npriflit-stalks-or-stems-tlierefore-tliey-tgtly-on-tlie-RG45MC.jpg)
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. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. .104 CALIFORNIA KISU AM) (iAME. FIGURE 9. The roadside is important habitat for the dove, providing wires and fencing for loafing, road bed for dusting, grit and food plants. (Photo by Waif Siienecker.) and Moore and Pearson (]941) have pointed ont, dove do not seek their food by scratching or di<ziii<i' as do the <rallinaceous birds, nor are they able to elin' to nprif»lit stalks or stems; tlierefore. tliey T(>ly on tlie surface of the ground for tlu'ir food source. Beckworth (1959) summarized sueeintly the important phiiit fami- lies that contribute significantly to the diet of the dove tlirougliout the country as recorded by o1hci- investigators. The grass family gen- erally is rcgai'dcd as most imj)oi'1aii1. (•(»iii|)i'isiiig from 40 to 70 ])ercent of food calcii by I lie dove, at least in the eastern half of the I'nited States, 'i'lie grass family, in terms of total volume of food consumed and number of sjx'cies represented on liie elieek list, may also be con- sidei'ed to be tlie most im|)ortant family eoiitiMl)uting to the dove's diet in California, llowexci-, it is noted tliat although the food items in the grass family made u]) over one-(iuarter of all of the food eateti most of it Avas in the form of cereal grains consumed in the fall and winter months. Another family contribnting aiiothei' ()ne-(|narter of the dove's food in C'aliforina is the spurge family. Tnikev tnnllein is a spnrge and, of coui'se, bolstei's the im])ortance of this family to the ("aliforina do-e. The seed.s of several species of tlie geinis, E)i})horhi(i. wei'c also in dove crops eollei-led dnring the snmniei-. Those intei-ested in conij)aring further the imjiortant ))lant families in C'alifortiia -with those reeofded in otluM" reuions of the country will. Please note that these images are extracte