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Show ; il'lfi 1 ;j A recent census of mourning j doves in the state showed a I higher-than-usual number of I these little speedsters present as the first nesting period got under way. , The department of fish and game said both visual and call counts added up to an average one-third increase of brood birds throughout the state compared to the same counts in 1958. The mourning dove is a migratory mig-ratory bird which has become increasingling popular with Utah gunners during the past several seasons. They are somewhat different differ-ent in habits than other species spe-cies in that they raise several broods of young each year and normally begin migrating to warmer climates with the first signs of cool weather. The department said present brood birds numbers forecast a bumper crop of birds for the annual dove season which normally starts September 1. Preparations for the annual plane plant of small trout into the high country lakes got under un-der way this week as planting tanks were installed in two department de-partment of fish and game airplanes. air-planes. The department said that once again the earliest plants would be made in the Boulder-Escalante-Th ousand Lake mountain section where some 31 off-the-road lakes were stocked a year ago. Waters in this section will be planted with brook trout from the Loa Hatchery. |