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FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF'breeding WIGEON Anas Penelope in RELATION to SEASONAL EMERGENCE and SWARMING BEHAVIOUR of CHIRONOMIDS 409 FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF'BREEDING WIGEON Anas penelope IN RELATION TO SEASONAL EMERGENCE AND SWARMING BEHAVIOUR OF CHIRONOMIDS ODD W. JACOBSEN ABSTRACT Emergence ofchironomids started in mid-April, and reached a peak at the end of April and in the beginning of May. Most "spring" chiro­ nomids emerged around noon, whereas the majority of chironomids emerg­ ing later in the season, appeared at night. In general, there was a positive correlation between the seasonal emergencl~ of chironomids and gleaning frequency by individual Wigeon. Gleaning was observed exclusively on emergent vegetation in the morning and evening. During midday, gleaning occurred most frequently on water surface probably due to the diel emergence and swarming patterns ofchironomids. Gleaning was most frequently used by females, which is mainly due to their higher energetic requirements during the breeding seasons. I conclude that the increasing abundance of emerging chironomids in the spring is one important factor affecting time of nesting by Wigeon. Dept. of Animal Ecology, Museum of Zoology, University of Bergen, N­ 5007 Bergen, Norway. INTRODUCTION several weeks and months before migration to the Arctic (Raveling 1979, Ankney 1984). Most dab­ Patterns in avian reproduction ultimately are adapt­ bling ducks, however, obtain their requirements ed to and proximately generated by variations in (lipids, proteins, minerals) for breeding by storing food supply (Lack 1966, Daan et al. 1988). In order reserves and by utilizing resources on their breed­ to understand avian breeding strategies, it is impor­ ing grounds (Drobney 1980, Krapu 1981). Although tant to know how resources are distributed in space recent studies have shown that food quality in the and time and how the birds obtain them during their non-breeding season may influence timing and re­ breeding cycle (Alisauskas & Ankney 1985). In­ productive output in ducks (e.g. Brodsky & Wea­ vestigations on wildfowl (Anseriformes) have de­ therhead 1985), little attention has been paid to con­ monstrated that females have much greater energy sider the relative importance ofhow availability of requirements than males during reproduction, and exogenous resources may affect timing ofbreeding that invertebrates account for a greater proportion (Drent & Daan 1980, Alisauskas & Ankney 1985). of the females' diet (Krapu 1981, Noyes & Jarvis The Wigeon Anas penelope is a medium-sized 1985, Ankney & Afton 1988). Krapu (1974) found dabbling duck. Wigeon has been considered as that the consumption of invertebrates increased vegetarian (Cramp & Simmons 1977), mainly be­ from 56% during prelaying to 77% during laying cause its main food on the wintering grounds con­ in the diet of Pintail Anas acuta. Wildfowl have sists ofgrasses, seeds and algae (Owen 1973, Owen evolved different strategies to store nutrients for & Thomas 1979, Campredon 1984, van Eerden reproduction. Most arctic-nesting geese are unique 1984, Mayhew 1985, Rijnsdorp 1986). However, re­ among precocial birds because ofthe short season cent studies on their breeding grounds in western and harsh conditions that prevail on their breeding Norway have shown that Wigeon prey exclusively grounds. Reproductive output in these birds is de­ on chironomids when they emerge in large num­ pendent upon energy reserves which are stored bers. One could predict that Wigeon would vary Received 7 May 1991, accepted 16 August 1991. ARDEA 79: 409-418 410 ARDEA 79 (3), 1991 their foraging effort during the breeding season The breeding season was divided into the fol­ according to abundance and biomass ofpotentially lowing phases (Dwyer 1975, Afton 1979): Pairs in available invertebrate prey, because invertebrates arriving flocks were considered to be in the spring are temporally and spatially variable (Kaminski & arrival phase until intraspecific intolerance result­ Prince 1981), The seasonal relationship between ed in their dispersal from the flock. They were de­ chironomid emergence and Wigeon foraging fined as being in the prelaying phase until the day behaviour is the subject of the present study. prior to laying of the first egg. Laying dates were estimated by using the first day ofincubation when females were seen in recesses for one or two hours. STUDY AREA AND METHODS Four nests were found so that the exact laying date couldbe backdated from the first day ofincubation. Description ofthe study area Behaviour ofWigeon pairs was recorded by fo­ Data were obtained at Lake Bjellandsvatn cal animal sampling (Altmann 1974), during which (59°33'N, 5°21 'E) in western Norway. The climate one pair was observed for as long as possible during is humid with mild winters. The lake is surrounded the light period of the day. I recorded the activity by farmland, with scattered stands of pine Pinus ofeach sex and assigned it to the activity categories silvestris, birch Betula pubescens and some planta­ used by Afton (1979). Feeding behaviour was di­ tions ofNorway spruce Picea abies. Upland fields vided into grazing (l): plucking and shearing leaves are dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and or other parts ofterrestrial plants with the bill, sub­ scattered bushes of juniper Juniperus communis. surface feeding (2): feeding by parts of the body Lake Bjellandsvatn is 10.9 ha and shallow (maxi­ sub-merged and gleaning (3): picking objects from mum depth 3 m). The southern part of the lake is the water surface and/or from emergent vegetation. influenced by agricultural runoff, causing well de­ Birds were easilyrecognized by individual plumage veloped stands ofemergent vegetation, e.g. Carex characteristics. Males and females showed great rostrata, Phragmites communis and Equisetum variability in plumage characteristics on flanks, fluviatile. Among floating-leaved hydrophytes, head and back (see Cramp & Simmons 1977). Nymphaea alba andPotamogeton natans dominate completely. Otherplants, such as Glyceriafluitans, Sampling of chironomids Eriophorum angustifolium, Potamogeton pusillus The phenology of emerging chironomids was and Callitriche spp. form sparse stands. sampled throughout the breeding seasons with The most abundant chironomid species in the sweep nets (all years) and funnel traps in 1988. The lake are Chironomus annularius, C. (Camptochi­ funnel trap was pyramid shaped, and guided the ronomus tentans), C. pilicornis, Endochironomus emerging pupae into a jar fitted to the trap apex dispar, Microtendipes chloris, Einfeldia longipes, (Mundie 1971). The jar was in an inverted position Chryptochironomus psittacinus, Paratanitarsus and when sub-merged, the upper half was filled tenuis, Ablamesmyia monilis and Polypedilum with air and the lower part with water. Insects arundinetum. emerged through the water-air interface in the jar and were retained within it. Time budget The funnel traps were placedonthe bottom (0.5 Data were gathered from 4 pairs in 1983, one - 1m depth) at ten random locations. Each trap cov­ pair in 1984 and 3 pairs in 1988 during April- June. ered a bottom area of 0.5 m2. Traps were put out In order to minimize disturbance, observations every 4 or 5 days for 24 hrs throughoutthe breeding were made using binoculars (8 x40) and a telescope season in 1988. The trapped chironomids were pre­ (25-40x) from vantage points about 100 - 200 m served in 70% ethyl alcohol for later identification. from the lake. All behavioural data were recorded Seasonal variations of chironomids in emer­ on a portable tape recorder. gent vegetation was estimated from sweep net sam- Jacobsen: FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF WIGEON 411 Data on diel variation of chironomids in the 800 .. .. .. .. 1983 20 emergent vegetation were collected three times dur­ fr----o 600 p .... .- 15 ing the breeding seasons in 1983 and 1984 and four ~ .....--o;" times during the breeding season in 1988. Chironomids 400 ••d/ 10 .- were randomly collected in the emergent vegetation ___ <y--_c' 200 5 at 2 h intervals during the days, and each sample was 0 0 preserved as above. All samples were taken on days ? with little or no wind, because bad weather conditions 100 .. 1984 6 inhibit the swarming activity of chironomids (Danell (f) 80 20 ~ -0 & Sjoberg 1982, pers. obs.). Water temperature (0C) "E Ql 0 60 15 c: .a was measured on the sampling days using a thermo­ e Q; :E 40 10 '"a. graph 0.5 m below the water surface. u E 0 Ql Statistical analyses were performed using 20 5 :: c ~ Spearman's rank correlation test (two-tailed: Sie­ 0 0 ~ gel & Castellan 1988) and Regression Analyses ? .......... sweep nets ~ 1988 800 ------ traps H 20 (Sokal & Rohlf 1981). Chi-square was used to test sexual variations in the proportional use offeeding 600 15 methods of different pairs. 400 10 200 5 RESULTS ur::..-=-;;-;=----,r-~--;"M7":A~Y,-----,-~~---' 0 time of year Seasonal and diel emergence and swarming Fig.I. Seasonal variations in the total numbers ofchi­ behaviour ofchironomids ronomids in sweep nets (1983, 1984) and in sweep nets The emergence of chironomids started about and funnel traps (1988). Note the different scale on the Y-axis in 1984. Water temperature (stippled line) is plot­ mid April all years and peaked at mid May in 1983 ted and dates offirst egg laying are indicated by vertical arrows (? above vertical arrow in 1988 is ± 2 days). 160 1983 140 pIes (aperture 25 cm and mesh size 5 !lm). Sam­ 120 pling was done between 9.00 and 11.00 h a.m. ev­ (f) -0 "E 100 ery week in 1983 and 1984 and every 4 or 5 days in o c: 1988. Sweep nets were drawn through vegetation g 80 .c: belts consisting ofEquisetumfluviatile and Carex u o 60 rostrata, a regular feeding site of Wigeon during c: the breeding seasons. Ten samples were randomly 40 collected at different sites in the vegetation, and 20 each sample consisted of 3 rapid sweeps a 2 m. Since there was a positive correlation between chi­ o'-r--,--,--,--,--i--,--.-..--..--.---r-.-.-r-hr' 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 ronomids collected in funnel traps and sweep nets time of day during the breeding season in 1988 (r = 0.72, N = s Fig.
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