| Titre : | Bird Study 66(3) - July, 2019 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 13/02/2020 |
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Article
Katherine Westerberg, Auteur ;
Richard Brown, Auteur ;
Giselle Eagle, Auteur ;
Stephen C. Votier, Auteur
Capsule: Great Black-backed Gulls Larus marinus breeding on Skokholm, UK, fed predominantly on seabirds, rabbits, refuse, and marine prey, with the majority of pairs being dietary generalists, but with some specialist pairs.Aims: To understand t[...]
Article
Anthony Caravaggi, Auteur ;
Sandra Irwin, Auteur ;
John Lusby, Auteur ;
Marc Ruddock, Auteur ;
Lorcan O'Toole, Auteur ;
Allan Mee, Auteur ;
Tony Nagle, Auteur ;
Shane O'Neill, Auteur ;
David Tierney, Auteur ;
Alan McCarthy, Auteur ;
John O'Halloran, Auteur
Capsule: Our findings regarding Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus territory site selection and breeding success in Ireland offer an opportunity for the development of initiatives and conservation actions aimed at enhancing the suitability of upland are[...]
Article
Emma Blackburn, Auteur ;
Malcolm Burgess, Auteur ;
Benedictus Freeman, Auteur ;
Alice Risely, Auteur ;
Arin Izang, Auteur ;
Sam Ivande, Auteur ;
Chris Hewson, Auteur ;
Will Cresswell, Auteur
Capsule: There is a substantial gain in precision and accuracy of geolocator locations when using a light stalk.Aims: Light stalks or tubes increase the accuracy of geolocators when tracking migrant birds because they reduce potential shading of[...]
Article
Jonathan Lewis-Phillips, Auteur ;
Stephen J. Brooks, Auteur ;
Carl D. Sayer, Auteur ;
Rachel McCrea, Auteur ;
Gavin Siriwardena, Auteur ;
Hannah Robson, Auteur ;
Anne L. Harrison, Auteur ;
Jan C. Axmacher, Auteur
Capsule: There is seasonal variation in the benefits that birds can take from restored farmland ponds.Aims: To evaluate season-specific benefits of farmland pond restoration for local bird communities.Methods: Bird communities were recorded at u[...]
Article
M. A. Hellicar, Auteur ;
J. Honold, Auteur ;
A. N. G. Kirschel, Auteur
Capsule: Breeding bird survey data were used to compare biodiversity at sites defined as High Nature Value farmland (HNVf) under two different mapping models.Aims: To examine whether farmland classified as HNVf was important for bird diversity a[...]
Article
Matthew Stevens, Auteur ;
Campbell Murn, Auteur ;
Richard Hennessey, Auteur
Capsule: Distance sampling identified an increase in estimated population size of Common Buzzards Buteo buteo in central southern England between 2011 and 2016 of more than 50%. The rate of population growth slowed in later years.Aims: To assess[...]
Article
Jon Morant Etxebarria, Auteur ;
Pascual López-López, Auteur ;
Iñigo Zuberogoitia Arroyo, Auteur
Capsule: In Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus, both sexes invested similar parental effort throughout the breeding period. However, there was variation in the degree of intensity of parental care during some stages of the breeding period, [...]
Article
Josep Bosch, Auteur
Capsule: The existence of clinal variation in the colour polymorphism of the Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus in its breeding area in the Palaearctic is probably caused by the influence of precipitation and the detectability of the two morphs in[...]
Article
Emma Gardner, Auteur ;
Thomas Hesselberg, Auteur ;
Ada Grabowska-Zhang, Auteur ;
Jocelyne Hughes, Auteur
Capsule: Smaller woodlands not only support fewer species but also show different avian community composition due to loss of woodland interior and an increase in edge habitat.Aims: To use observed community composition changes, rather than tradi[...]
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F. X. Macià, Auteur ;
M. Menchetti, Auteur ;
C. Corbella, Auteur ;
J. Grajera, Auteur ;
R. Vila, Auteur
This paper reports the first case of predation on the nests of Asian Hornet Vespa velutina by the European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus, as well as the use of this resource by a breeding pair to provision their nestlings. The Asian Hornet is li[...]
Article
O. Padget, Auteur ;
J. Morford, Auteur ;
Alain Ward, Auteur ;
J. M. Zamora-Marín, Auteur ;
A. Zamora-López, Auteur ;
M. León-Ortega, Auteur ;
F. A. García-Castellanos, Auteur ;
A. D. Lowe, Auteur
We report observations of nest visitation of multiple males to three nests of European Nightjars Caprimulgus europeaus. In one case, we report the direct observation of two males apparently exhibiting parental behaviour at the same nest. In two [...]
Article
Kohei F. Takeda, Auteur ;
Nobuyuki Kutsukake, Auteur
An analysis of the biometrics of 187 individually marked Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis chicks from Japan revealed that larger chicks were more likely to seen alive in their first-winter. Male chicks were larger than females but sex did not i[...]
Article
Abdeldjalil Youcefi, Auteur ;
Affef Baaloudj, Auteur ;
Rabah Zebsa, Auteur ;
Hayat Mahdjoub, Auteur ;
Zinette Bensakhri, Auteur ;
Soufyane Bensouilah, Auteur ;
Hichem Amari, Auteur ;
Abdelkrim Si Bachir, Auteur ;
Rassim Khelifa, Auteur
Capsule: Collective roosting behaviour of the Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis was influenced by the weather and the season.Aims: To document the roosting behaviour of the Cattle Egret and assess the relationship between weather conditions and four co[...]
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Robin Reid, Auteur ;
Paul F. Haworth, Auteur ;
Alan H. Fielding, Auteur ;
D. Philip Whitfield, Auteur
Capsule: The undulating display flight of Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos has a territorial function on current consensus: we found that displays could occur at any location within a home range of territorial birds and were not more frequent at [...]
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Alexandru Nicolae Stermin, Auteur ;
Alin David, Auteur ;
Daniel Holte, Auteur ;
Angela Schmitz-Ornés, Auteur
Capsule: In large and medium wetlands with extended reed beds Phragmites and cattail Typha dominated areas, Water Rails Rallus aquaticus and Little Crakes Zapornia parva show higher differences in nesting sites in contrast with other populations[...]
