PrepTest 74, Section 3, Question 26
Bird watcher: The decrease in the mourning-dove population in this area is probably a result of the loss of nesting habitat. Many mourning doves had formerly nested in the nearby orchards, but after overhead sprinklers were installed in the orchards last year, the doves ceased building nests there.
Bird watcher: The decrease in the mourning-dove population in this area is probably a result of the loss of nesting habitat. Many mourning doves had formerly nested in the nearby orchards, but after overhead sprinklers were installed in the orchards last year, the doves ceased building nests there.
Bird watcher: The decrease in the mourning-dove population in this area is probably a result of the loss of nesting habitat. Many mourning doves had formerly nested in the nearby orchards, but after overhead sprinklers were installed in the orchards last year, the doves ceased building nests there.
Bird watcher: The decrease in the mourning-dove population in this area is probably a result of the loss of nesting habitat. Many mourning doves had formerly nested in the nearby orchards, but after overhead sprinklers were installed in the orchards last year, the doves ceased building nests there.
Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
Mourning doves were recently designated a migratory game species, meaning that they can be legally hunted.
The trees in the nearby orchards were the only type of trees in the area attractive to nesting mourning doves.
Blue jays that had nested in the orchards also ceased doing so after the sprinklers were installed.
Many residents of the area fill their bird feeders with canola or wheat, which are appropriate seeds for attracting mourning doves.
Mourning doves often nest in fruit trees.
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