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Gray Partridge
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 2
10/19/2015

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{Gray Partridge} How can you tell male from female?
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Male has a dark brown patch on center of belly
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{Gray Partridge} What is the Range of the Gray Partridge?
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Native to europe and Asia.
Widely established in Canada and Northern US
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{Gray Partridge} How many established populations are in North America?
Definition
Four
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{Gray Partridge} What are the populations?
Definition
Pacific Northwest
Great Plains
Great Lakes
Prince Edward Island
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{Gray Partridge} What kind of habitats does the Gray Partridge use?
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Grasslands
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{Gray Partridge}What is the primary nesting habitat?
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Hay fields
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{Gray Partridge} What is the primary feeding habitat?
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Small grain crops
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{Gray Partridge}What can increase habitat suitability?
Definition
Interspersion of grassland and cropland
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{Gray Partridge} What kind of game are they?
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Farm Game
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{Gray Partridge} What are the food sources?
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Primarily cultivated grains, weed seeds, green leafy material-90% of diet
Insects make up the rest
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{Gray Partridge} How do Partridge deal with snow?
Definition
They can burrow through it.
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{Gray Partridge} How big are Coveys?
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15 birds
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{Gray Partridge} When do Coveys break up?
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March
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{Gray Partridge} What kind of mating do Gray Partridge do?
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Monogamous, with pairs from previous season often reforming
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{Gray Partridge} How many eggs are average?
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15-20
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{Gray Partridge} What is the incubation period?
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24-25 days
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{Gray Partridge} What is a major cause of nest failure?
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Hay Cutting
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