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1 general manager of the t Rappahannock Co-op, Gordon 5 stated that maybe the massive ) amounts of spraying that the 1 co-op has done over the past years with pesticides, insectil cides, and herbicides, certainly 1 has had some play in the bobwhite’s descent. With the increased use of chemicals in both fanning and residential use, the numbers of other bird species, such as the Bald Eagle, Falcon, and Osprey have declined.
The population of bobwhite’s natural predators! skunks, raccoons, opossums and foxes), appears to have remained about the same. But the population of the feral cat has gone up geometrically in the past 15-20 years. People abandon their cats and kitten litters in the country and they survive and multiply. And do
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