Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) Science Article 3 abstract We used sightings and recaptures of colour-markedWood Sandpipers to examine the trapresponse of this locally abundant migrant in north-east Austria. Birds were caught in selectedwastewater pools of the local sugar factory using walk-in traps. According toresightings and recaptures, most birds apparently left the initial trapping site soon […]
Category: Charadriiformes
Differential migration strategies of the Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)-genetic analyses reveal sex differences in morphology and spring migration phenology.
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) Science Article 1 abstract No abstract available (conversion errors, download pdf M. Remisiewicz & L. Wennerberg, Ornis Fennica 83:1-10. 2006 Download article download full text (pdf)
Breeding Woodcock Scolopax rusticolamonitoring in France
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) Science Article 1 abstract The French breeding Woodcock population has been monitored since 1988, and since 1991, the monitored geographical area has been representative of that population. Monitoring is based on observing roding males, the methodology being random sampling with replacement. The annual results are expressed as a frequency of occurrence. The […]
FIRST RECORD OF WILSONS PHALAROPE, PHALAROPUS TRICOLOR, FOR TOBAGO
Wilsons Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) Science Article 1 abstract On 28 September 1990, Charles and Betty Crabtree, Andrew Cunningham, Faye Barnes, Mary Hurd, and the authors discovered a Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) at Buccoo Marsh, Tobago, West Indies William L. Murphy, Trevor Yip Hoi and Adolphus James, J. Soc. Conserv. Study Carib. Birds) 4(2):2-3 Download article […]
Breeding Flight Display in the Female White-rumped Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) Science Article 1 abstract Independent female aerial display or female participation in the aerial display of the male is virtually unreported. I present here my observations of an incident of female participation in the aerial flight display of the White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) at Barrow, Alaska. Brian J. McCaffery, Auk, volume […]
Reproductive parameters in relation to food supply in the whiskered tern ( Chlidonias hybrida )
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus) Science Article 1 abstract It is generally accepted that breeding terns are sensitive to food supply and that their reproductive effort could be substantially affected by the availability and access to resources. In this study we examined reproductive parameters in the whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida in relation to food supply during […]
BREEDING BEHAVIOR AND FOOD HABITS OF THE WATTLED JACANA
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) Science Article 2 abstract Little is known about the biology of the Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana), whereas the Northern Jacana (Jacana qinosa), has been studied in detail (Jenni 1974, Jenni and Collier 1972, Jenni et al. 1974). The Wattled Jacana inhabits fresh-water marshes from Panama and Colombia south to Bolivia, Argentina […]
Long-Winged Harrier Predation on Wattled Jacana Eggs
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) Science Article 1 abstract Long-winged Harriers (Circus buffoni) prey on small birds, mammals, and reptiles (ffrench, A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, 1973:1131. Although they take eggs of various species of birds (Haverschmidt, The Birds of Surinam 1968:67), no records are available on the efficiencies and rates of […]
TUFTED PUFFINS (FRATERCULA CIRRHATA) RESPOND TOPREDATION DANGER DURING COLONY APPROACH FLIGHTS
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) Science Article 2 abstract In spite of their putative importance in the evolution of certain traits (e.g., nocturnality, coloniality, cliff nesting), the effects of aerial predators on behaviorof adult seabirds at colonies have been poorly investigated. We hypothesized that Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) respond to danger posed by aerial predators by […]
Ornaments and overflight behaviour of Tufted Puffins (Fraterculacirrhata) breeding on Triangle Island, British Columbia.
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) Science Article 3 abstract Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) are unusual among seabirds in that they bearmultiple colourful ornaments during the breeding season. They also engage in colony overflights when approaching the colony with food for their chicks. Blackburn, G., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 74 pp Download article download full text […]