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An Updated Checklist of the Food Items of the Great Horned Owl (Bubo Virginianus: Strigiformes: Strigidae) in Oklahoma 33 An Updated Checklist of the Food Items of the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus: Strigiformes: Strigidae) in Oklahoma Vanessa C. Kittredge Department of Biology, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034 Paul W. Wilson 10004 E. 156th Street North, Collinsville, OK 74021 William Caire Department of Biology, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034 This paper provides an updated checklist of prey items known to be taken by the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) in Oklahoma. The checklist is based on the prey remains in 17,744 Great Horned Owl pellets collected and analyzed throughout the state from 1976 to 1999 as well as those prey items listed in previously published reports. The pel- lets from this study contained remains from insects, crayfish, snakes, a lizard Phryno-( soma cornutum), 16 bird and 30 mammal species. Our results and those in other reports have produced a list of 59 different prey items for the Great Horned Owl in Oklahoma. © 2006 Oklahoma Academy of Science. INTRODUCTION METHODS The food habits of Bubo virginianus (Great From 1976 to 1999, Paul W. Wilson col- Horned Owl) are documented from many lected 17,744 Great Horned Owl pellets in areas of North America (e.g., Parmalee 1954, 49 counties throughout Oklahoma with the Craighead and Craighead 1956, Wink and exception of the far southeastern corner. The Goodrich 1987, Aigner et al 1994, Marti and pellets were primarily recovered at Great Kochert 1996, Zimmerman et al 1996, Wood- Horned Owl nesting sites on a monthly man et al 2005). Although the Great Horned basis during the nesting season which ex- Owl is common in Oklahoma, past reports tends from late winter into spring. In a few of its food habits within the state are from instances, pellets were collected at other only seven counties: Cimarron (Schemitz times of the year. All the pellets per visit to and Ables 1962); Caddo (Smith 1993); Cleve- a site were treated as a single collection. He land (Byre 1995); Jackson (Tyler and Jensen identified mammalian prey species using a 1981); Major (Perry and Rogers 1964); Greer skull key modified from Hall and Kelson (Taylor 1964); and Payne (Baumgartner and (1959) and Hall (1981). Identifications Baumgartner 1944). None of these previous were verified by the late Everett Grisgby of studies compile and summarize all of the Northeastern Oklahoma State University, prey items reported to be consumed by the Tahlequah, as well as by comparisons with Great Horned Owl in Oklahoma. Our ob- reference specimens in the University of jective is to provide an updated list of prey Kansas Natural History Museum and Bio- items for Great Horned Owls in Oklahoma. diversity Center, Lawrence, Kansas. All the This list is compiled from owl pellets col- owl pellets are housed at the University of lected across Oklahoma from 44 additional Central Oklahoma Collection of Vertebrates counties and prey items listed in previously (UCOCV). Depending upon the quality of published reports. the animal remains present in the pellets, all prey items were identified to the lowest reli- Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 86: pp 33-38 (2006) Chapter 5.indd 33 2/21/07 4:58:15 PM 34 V.C. KITTREDGE, P.W. WILSON, and W. CAIRE able taxonomic level. Therefore, some prey were the remains of Tyto alba (Barn Owl), identifications were consolidated and listed and Bubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl). as insect, crayfish, fish, lizard, snake, bird, Sutton (1967) indicated that in Oklahoma, etc., depending upon the level of identifica- Great Horned Owls had not been reported to tion of the fragments (e.g., feathers, verte- eat Corvus brachyrhynchos (American Crow); brae, bones, exoskeletons, gizzards, skulls). however, remains were identified in the pel- Published literature related to the diet items lets of this study. of Great Horned Owls in Oklahoma was Of 31 mammals known to be taken by located through a traditional search of the Great Horned Owls (Table 1), 13 species literature as well as in searchable databases previously unreported were added in this (e.g., BioOneTM and SORA – Searchable study. Mammal prey not documented in Ornithological Research Archive). Taxa previous food habit studies of Great Horned referenced from the literature are listed in Owls in Oklahoma include Baiomys tay- Table 1 as they were reported in the original lori (northern pygmy mouse), Cratogeomys papers. castanops (yellow-faced pocket gopher), Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum), RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat), Microtus pi- netorum (woodland vole), Neotoma floridana Table 1 lists 59 different prey items identified (eastern woodrat), Ondatra zibethicus (com- in owl pellets of this study and reported in mon muskrat), Oryzomys palustris (marsh other studies on Great Horned Owl food rice rat), Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat), habits in Oklahoma. Several prey items Reithrodontomys fulvescens (fulvous harvest listed in Table 1 (e.g., insect; birds; Anati- mouse), Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel), dae, Ducks; Microtus sp., voles; Neotoma sp., Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (thirteen-lined woodrats; Peromyscus sp., deermice; Reithro- ground squirrel), and Sylvilagus audubonii dontomys sp., harvest mice; and Sylvilagus (desert cottontail). sp., cottontails) were not included in the 59 Baiomys taylori (northern pygmy mouse) because they were not clearly identified to is a noteworthy species identified in the owl a particular species and could have been pellets. Only a few verified occurrences of repeats of species already listed. this species have been listed for Oklahoma Several fragmented prey items that (Stangl and Dalquest 1986, Caire 1991). The were not identifiable to genus or species in Great Horned Owl is a predator of Tadarida Great Horned Owl food included crayfish, brasiliensis (Mexican free-tailed bat) (Twente insects, fish, a lizard and snakes (Table 1). 1954, Perry and Rogers 1964, Taylor 1964, Our study added one noteworthy diurnal Looney 1971, Chesser and Kennedy 1976, lizard, Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas horned Caire and Ports 1981). Pellets in this study lizard), identified in a pellet from Jackson (from Harmon, Major, Beckham and Grant County. Counties) that contained Tadarida remains Of the 21 birds known to be taken by were found near several large maternity Great Horned Owls in Oklahoma (Table 1), caves of Tadarida where there were observa- 11 are previously unreported taxa added in tions of the owl capturing bats. These mater- this study. They include Cardinalis cardina- nity caves harbor large populations of bats lis (Northern Cardinal), Columba livia (Rock during spring and summer and the exit flight Pigeon), Egretta caerulea (Little Blue Heron), of the bats at dusk provides a ready source Geococcyx californianus (Greater Roadrunner), of prey for the owls. The skull of Eptesicus Quiscalus quiscula (Common Grackle), Ral- fuscus (big brown bat) in an owl pellet from lus limicola (Virginia Rail), Sturnus vulgaris Ottawa County is the first confirmation of (European Starling), and Turdus migratorius Great Horned Owl predation on a bat species (American Robin). Noteworthy in the pellets other than T. brasiliensis in Oklahoma. Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 86: pp 33-38 (2006) Chapter 5.indd 34 2/21/07 4:58:15 PM FOOD ITEMS OF great HORNED OWLS 35 Table 1. Food items of Bubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl) from Oklahoma identified in owl pellets in this study and in previous studies. Prey items are listed alphabetically under each heading. Bubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl) Prey Items This study Other References INVERTEBRATES Beetle - Calosoma sp. (searcher beetles)* Baumgartner and Baumgartner (1944) Beetle - Carabidae (ground beetles)* Baumgartner and Baumgartner (1944) Beetle - Coleoptera (beetles)* Schemnitz and Ables (1962) Beetle – Trogidae (skin or hide beetles) * Baumgartner and Baumgartner (1944) Crayfish * x Sutton (1967) Insects * x FISH * Sutton (1967) AMPHIBIANS Frogs * Baumgartner (1992) REPTILES Lizard * Chesser and Kennedy (1976) Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas Horned Lizard) x Snakes * x Baumgartner (1992) BIRDS Agelaius phoeniceus (Red-winged Blackbird) x Schemnitz and Ables (1962) Anas discors (Blue-winged Teal) Sutton (1967) Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)* Baumgartner and Baumgartner (1944) Bird * x Baumgartner and Baumgartner (1944) Schemnitz and Ables (1962) Bubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl) x B. lineatus (Red Shouldered Hawk) Byre (1995) B. platypterus (Broad-winged Hawk) Sutton (1967) Cardinalis cardinalis (Northern Cardinal) x Chickens Baumgartner (1992) Columba livia (Rock Pigeon) x Corvus brachyrhynchos (American Crow) x Egretta caerulea (Little Blue Heron) x Emberizidae (American Sparrows, Buntings, and relatives) * Schemnitz and Ables (1962) Fringillidae (Finches)* x Baumgartner and Baumgartner (1944) Fulica americana (American Coot) x Sutton (1967) Geococcyx californianus (Greater Roadrunner) x Icteridae (Blackbirds, Orioles, and relatives) * x Baumgartner and Baumgartner (1944) Quiscalus quiscula (Common Grackle) x Rallus limicola (Virginia Rail) x Sturnella sp. (Meadowlark) * x Baumgartner and Baumgartner (1944) Sutton (1967) Sturnus vulgaris (European Starling) x Tringa melanoleuca (Greater Yellowlegs) Sutton (1967) Turdus migratorius (American Robin) x Tyto alba (Barn Owl) x MAMMALS Baiomys taylori (northern pygmy mouse) x Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 86: pp 33-38 (2006) Chapter 5.indd 35 2/21/07 4:58:15 PM 36 V.C. KITTREDGE, P.W. WILSON, and W. CAIRE Bubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl) Prey Items This study Other References Blarina brevicauda (short-tailed
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