The Wood Duck in Southern California
Journal
Condor
Volume
8
Issue
1 (January-February)
Year
1906
Pages
29
Section
From Field and Study
Online Text
The Wood Duck in Southern California
I have but seldom heard of the occurrence of the wood duck south of the San Joaquin, and even the few reports received have proven so intangible that definite records have been almost wanting. The southern coast belt of the State is obviously not suited to the preferments of this arboreal species, and in this we seem to find the explanation.
Mr. Roth Reynolds, the well-known Los Angeles taxidermist, has taken the pains to verify the following record. Mr. Reynolds received a wood duck (Aix sponsa) in the flesh, for mounting. It proved to be a “male of the year, in nearly adult plumage, ” and had been killed on a ranch near Oxnard, Ventura County, about November 6, 1905.
J. GRINNELL
Pasdena, Cal.
