DOCSLIB.ORG

Birds of Washita National Wildlife Refuge

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Birds of Washita National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Birds of Washita National Wildlife Refuge Welcome to Birding at Washita National Italics =Federal Threatened or Common Name Sp Su F W Endangered Status Wildlife Refuge Hummingbirds Washita National Wildlife Refuge is located Common Name Sp Su F W ___Ruby-thr. Hummingbird u o u in west-central Oklahoma on the north end ___Black-ch. Hummingbird* u c u of Foss Reservoir. The 8,075 acre refuge is Ducks, Geese, and Swans ___Rufous Hummingbird x x x located in the Central Flyway, providing a ___Gr. White-fronted Goose u u c Rails, Gallinules, and Coots resting and feeding area for migrating and ___Snow Goose c c a ___Sora o o o wintering waterfowl and sandhill cranes. ___Ross’s Goose c c a ___Common Moorhen r r Washita’s diverse habitats include open ___Brant x x ___American Coot c r a c waters, shallow marshes, mixed grass ___Cackling Goose u u u Cranes prairies, small woodlands, and planted ___Canada Goose* c u a a ___Sandhill Crane u c u crops that provide food and shelter for ___Trumpeter Swan x ___Whooping Crane r r 271 documented species of migratory and ___Tundra Swan r o Stilts and Avocets resident birds. This checklist follows the ___Wood Duck* u u u r ___Black-necked Stilt r order of the 7th edition (1998) AOU checklist ___Gadwall c c c ___American Avocet u o u with modifications presented through the ___American Wigeon c a a Plovers 57th Supplement to the AOU Checklist (July ___American Black Duck x x ___Black-bellied Plover u o 2016). You are requested to report sightings ___Mallard* a u a a ___American Golden-Plover o r of birds not on our checklist or if listed as ___Blue-winged Teal* c o c r ___Snowy Plover o r o rare or accidental. ___Cinnamon Teal o r ___Semipalmated Plover o o ___Northern Shoveler c c u ___Killdeer* c c c c The seasonal designations for species, ___Northern Pintail c u c Sandpipers and Phalaropes intended as general guidelines, are treated ___Green-winged Teal c c c ___Upland Sandpiper u u o as follows on the checklist: ___Canvasback u c u ___Whimbrel o ___Redhead c c c ___Long-billed Curlew u r Seasons ___Ring-necked Duck c c c ___Hudsonian Godwit r Sp Spring—period of spring migration ___Greater Scaup r r ___Marbled Godwit u o (depending on species) from mid- ___Lesser Scaup u u o ___Ruddy Turnstone r February to early June ___Long-tailed Duck x ___Stilt Sandpiper c o o S Summer—June to August ___Bufflehead u c u ___Sanderling o o F Fall—period of fall migration ___Common Goldeneye u o u ___Baird’s Sandpiper c u u (depending on species) from ___Barrow’s Goldeneye r r ___Least Sandpiper c u u r mid-July to November ___Hooded Merganser u x c c ___White-rumped Sandpiper u o W Winter—December to February ___Common Merganser o x o c ___Pectoral Sandpiper u o o ___Red-br. Merganser r u u ___Semipalmated Sandpiper c u u Abundance ___Ruddy Duck u c o ___Western Sandpiper u u u A Abundant: Common species that is New World Quail ___Long-billed Dowitcher c o o very numerous. ___Northern Bobwhite* c c c c ___Wilson’s Snipe u u o C Common; suitable habitat is Pheasants, Grouse, and Turkeys ___Spotted Sandpiper c o u available; should not be missed ___Ring-necked Pheasant r r r ___Solitary Sandpiper u o o during appropriate season. ___Lesser Prairie-Chicken x x ___Greater Yellowlegs c o u r U Uncommon; present, but in ___Wild Turkey* c c c c ___Willet u o moderate numbers; not seen on Grebes ___Lesser Yellowlegs c u o every visit during season. ___Pied-billed Grebe c u c c ___Wilson’s Phalarope c o o O Occasional; present, only a few times per ___Horned Grebe o c c Gulls and Terns season; also includes those species that ___Eared Grebe u o ___Bonaparte’s Gull u u c do not occur each year, while in some ___Western Grebe x o r ___Franklin’s Gull c o o years may be fairly common. Pigeons and Doves ___Ring-billed Gull c r c c R Rare; observed only every 1 to 5 ___Rock Pigeon o o o o ___Herring Gull o o u years; records are sporadic and few. ___Eurasian Collared-Dove c c c c ___Lesser Black-backed Gull x X Accidental; Has been seen only ___Inca Dove r ___Least Tern o o o once or twice. ___White-winged Dove x ___Black Tern u u u * Nests locally ___Mourning Dove* c a a c ___Common Tern r r Cuckoos and Roadrunners ___Forster’s Tern u o o ___Yellow-billed Cuckoo* c c u Loons ___Greater Roadrunner* u u u u ___Red-throated Loon x Goatsuckers ___Pacific Loon x ___Common Nighthawk* c c c ___Common Loon u x u u ___Common Poorwill o o Cormorants ___Chuck-will’s-widow o ___Neotropic Cormorant x ___Eastern Whip-poor-will x ___Double-cr. Cormorant c o c c Swifts Darters Northern bobwhite. /USFWS ___Chimney Swift u o u ___Anhinga x x Common Name Sp Su F W Common Name Sp Su F W Common Name Sp Su F W Pelicans Vireos Longspurs ___American White Pelican c o u u ___White-eyed Vireo x ___Lapland Longspur u o u ___Brown Pelican x ___Bell’s Vireo* u u o ___Chestnut-col. Longspur o r o Herons, Bitterns, and Allies ___Yellow-throated Vireo r ___Smith’s Longspur r ___American Bittern u u ___Blue-headed Vireo r ___McCown’s Longspur o r o ___Least Bittern r r ___Warbling Vireo* c c u Wood-Warblers ___Great Blue Heron* c c c u ___Red-eyed Vireo r ___Orange-cr. Warbler o u r ___Great Egret u u u Crows and Jays ___Nashville Warbler r r ___Snowy Egret u u u ___Blue Jay* c u c o ___Common Yellowthroat* u u o ___Little Blue Heron u o u ___Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay x x ___American Redstart r ___Tricolored Heron x ___American Crow* c c c u ___Yellow Warbler u u u ___Cattle Egret u u u Larks ___Pine Warbler x ___Green Heron c u u ___Horned Lark * u u u u ___Yellow-rumped Warbler u ___Black-cr. Night-Heron u o u Swallows ___Black-thr. Green Warbler r ___Yellow-cr.Night-Heron o o o ___Purple Martin o o o ___Wilson’s Warbler r Ibis ___Tree Swallow* u u u ___Yellow-breasted Chat r r ___White Ibis x ___N. Rough-wing. Swallow* u u u Towhees, Sparrows, and Allies ___White-faced Ibis c r u ___Bank Swallow u u ___Spotted Towhee u u u New World Vultures ___Cliff Swallow* c a c ___Rufous-cr. Sparrow r ___Turkey Vulture * c c c ___Barn Swallow* c a c ___Cassin’s Sparrow o o Hawks, Kites, and Eagles Chickadees and Titmice ___American Tree Sparrow u u c ___Osprey c r u r ___Carolina Chickadee* c c c c ___Chipping Sparrow c r o ___Mississippi Kite* c c u ___Tufted Titmouse o o o o ___Clay-colored Sparrow c o ___Bald Eagle o o o u Nuthatches ___Field Sparrow* u u u u ___Northern Harrier* c o c c ___Red-breasted Nuthatch o o o ___Vesper Sparrow c c x ___Sharp-shinned Hawk u u u ___White-breasted Nuthatch o o o ___Lark Sparrow c c u ___Cooper’s Hawk* u o u u Creepers ___Lark Bunting o o u ___Northern Goshawk x ___Brown Creeper o u ___Savannah Sparrow c c o ___Harris’s Hawk x Wrens ___Grasshopper Sparrow* c c c ___Red-shouldered Hawk x ___Rock Wren r ___Le Conte’s Sparrow r r o ___Swainson’s Hawk* c u c ___House Wren* o r o ___Fox Sparrow o o u ___Red-tailed Hawk* c c c c ___Winter Wren r r o ___Song Sparrow u u c ___Rough-legged Hawk r r o ___Sedge Wren r r r ___Lincoln’s Sparrow o o o ___Ferruginous Hawk o o u ___Marsh Wren o o o ___Swamp Sparrow o ___Golden Eagle r r o ___Carolina Wren* u u u o ___White-throated Sparrow o o o Barn Owls ___Bewick’s Wren* u u u u ___Harris’s Sparrow c c ___Barn Owl* u u u u Gnatcatchers ___White-crowned Sparrow c c c Typical Owls ___Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* u u u ___Dark-eyed Junco c c c ___Eastern Screech-Owl* o o o o Kinglets Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings ___Great Horned Owl* c c c c ___Golden-crowned Kinglet o o o ___Northern Cardinal* c c c c ___Snowy Owl x x ___Ruby-crowned Kinglet u u u ___Black-headed Grosbeak x x ___Burrowing Owl r r r r Thrushes ___Blue Grosbeak* u u u ___Barred Owl u u u u ___Eastern Bluebird* u u u u ___Lazuli Bunting o ___Long-eared Owl r r r ___Mountain Bluebird o o o ___Indigo Bunting* u u u ___Short-eared Owl o o o ___Townsend’s Solitaire r r ___Painted Bunting* u u u Kingfishers ___Gray-cheeked Thrush x ___Dickcissel* c c c ___Belted Kingfisher* c c c u ___Swainson’s Thrush o r Blackbirds Woodpeckers ___Hermit Thrush o o o ___Bobolink o r ___Red-head. Woodpecker* u u u u ___American Robin* c o c c ___Red-winged Blackbird* c c c a ___Golden-fr. Woodpecker r r Mockingbirds and Thrashers ___Eastern Meadowlark* c c c c ___Red-bel. Woodpecker* c c c c ___Gray Catbird* x x x ___Western Meadowlark* u u u u ___Yellow-bel. Sapsucker o o o ___Curve-billed Thrasher x x ___Yellow-headed Blackbird u o u x ___Ladder-bac.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Gyrfalcon Falco Rusticolus
    Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Rob Florkiewicz surveys, this area was included. Eight eyries are known from this Characteristics and Range The northern-dwelling Gyrfalcon is part of the province; however, while up to 7 of these eyries have the largest falcon in the world. It breeds mostly along the Arctic been deemed occupied in a single year, no more than 3 have been coasts of North America, Europe and Asia (Booms et al. 2008). productive at the same time. Based on these data and other Over its range, its colour varies from white through silver-grey to sightings, the British Columbia Wildlife Branch estimates the almost black; silver-grey is the most common morph in British breeding population in the province to be fewer than 20 pairs Columbia. It nests on cliff ledges at sites that are often used for (Chutter 2008). decades and where considerable amounts of guano can accumulate. Ptarmigan provide the Gyrfalcon's main prey in In British Columbia, the Gyrfalcon nests on cliff ledges on British Columbia and productivity appears dependent on mountains in alpine areas, usually adjacent to rivers or lakes. ptarmigan numbers. Large size and hunting prowess make the Occasionally, it nests on cliffs of river banks and in abandoned Gyrfalcon a popular bird with falconers, who breed and train Golden Eagle nests. them to hunt waterfowl and other game birds. Conservation and Recommendations Whilst the Gyrfalcon is Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Most Gyrfalcons breed designated as Not at Risk nationally by COSEWIC, it is Blue-listed along the Arctic coast; however, a few breed in the northwest in British Columbia due to its small known breeding population portion of the Northern Boreal Mountains Ecoprovince of British (British Columbia Ministry of Environment 2014).
    [Show full text]
  • Predation by Gray Catbird on Brown Thrasher Eggs
    March 2004 Notes 101 PREDATION BY GRAY CATBIRD ON BROWN THRASHER EGGS JAMES W. RIVERS* AND BRETT K. SANDERCOCK Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 (JWR) Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 (BKS) Present address of JWR: Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 *Correspondent: [email protected] ABSTRACT The gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) has been documented visiting and breaking the eggs of arti®cial nests, but the implications of such observations are unclear because there is little cost in depredating an undefended nest. During the summer of 2001 at Konza Prairie Bio- logical Station, Kansas, we videotaped a gray catbird that broke and consumed at least 1 egg in a brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) nest. Our observation was consistent with egg predation because the catbird consumed the contents of the damaged egg after breaking it. The large difference in body mass suggests that a catbird (37 g) destroying eggs in a thrasher (69 g) nest might risk injury if caught in the act of predation and might explain why egg predation by catbirds has been poorly documented. Our observation indicated that the catbird should be considered as an egg predator of natural nests and that single-egg predation of songbird nests should not be attributed to egg removal by female brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) without additional evidence. RESUMEN El paÂjaro gato gris (Dumetella carolinensis) ha sido documentado visitando y rompien- do los huevos de nidos arti®ciales, pero las implicaciones de dichas observaciones no son claras porque hay poco costo por depredar un nido sin defensa.
    [Show full text]
  • Cockfighting
    Vol XL No 2 Summer 2017 Journal of Beauty Without Cruelty - India An International Educational Charitable Trust for Animal Rights In this Issue: Milk Meat Leather nexus Xenotransplantation Animal Sacrifice Plumage Cockfighting Beauty Without Cruelty - India 4 Prince of Wales Drive, Wanowrie, Pune 411 040 Tel: +91 20 2686 1166 Fax: +91 20 2686 1420 From E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bwcindia.org my Desk… Why? Contents Beauty Without Cruelty can not understand why people From my Desk… _______________________ this page want jallikattu, bailgadichi AP Cockfighting Ban Round-up _________________ 2 sharyat and kambala to be Fact, not Fancy Plumage _______________________ 6 held. These “sports” inflict At the Ekvira Devi Jatra 2017 __________________ 10 great cruelty upon bulls and buffaloes. Humans get severely Readers Write _______________________________ 11 injured also, and many die. Yet, FYI Xenotransplantation ______________________ 12 politicians are finding ways to Vegan Recipe Jackfruit __________ inside back cover circumspect the law and allow these events to occur. Surely we do not need to replicate cruelty to animals from our ancient customs, more so after having given them up. Our struggle to stop animals being exploited for entertainment has re-started. Saved from Slaughter laughter house rules have Salways – yes, always – existed, but have never been implemented in toto. Butchers and governments are to blame. Beauty Without Cruelty Published and edited by Every year lakhs of animals Diana Ratnagar is a way of life which causes Chairperson, BWC - India would not have been killed no creature of land, sea or air Designed by Dinesh Dabholkar if unlicensed units had been terror, torture or death Printed at Mudra closed.
    [Show full text]
  • Patterns of Co-Occurrence in Woodpeckers and Nocturnal Cavity-Nesting Owls Within an Idaho Forest
    VOLUME 13, ISSUE 1, ARTICLE 18 Scholer, M. N., M. Leu, and J. R. Belthoff. 2018. Patterns of co-occurrence in woodpeckers and nocturnal cavity-nesting owls within an Idaho forest. Avian Conservation and Ecology 13(1):18. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01209-130118 Copyright © 2018 by the author(s). Published here under license by the Resilience Alliance. Research Paper Patterns of co-occurrence in woodpeckers and nocturnal cavity- nesting owls within an Idaho forest Micah N. Scholer 1, Matthias Leu 2 and James R. Belthoff 1 1Department of Biological Sciences and Raptor Research Center, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA, 2Biology Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA ABSTRACT. Few studies have examined the patterns of co-occurrence between diurnal birds such as woodpeckers and nocturnal birds such as owls, which they may facilitate. Flammulated Owls (Psiloscops flammeolus) and Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) are nocturnal, secondary cavity-nesting birds that inhabit forests. For nesting and roosting, both species require natural cavities or, more commonly, those that woodpeckers create. Using day and nighttime broadcast surveys (n = 150 locations) in the Rocky Mountain biogeographic region of Idaho, USA, we surveyed for owls and woodpeckers to assess patterns of co-occurrence and evaluated the hypothesis that forest owls and woodpeckers co-occurred more frequently than expected by chance because of the facilitative nature of their biological interaction. We also examined co-occurrence patterns between owl species to understand their possible competitive interactions. Finally, to assess whether co-occurrence patterns arose because of species interactions or selection of similar habitat types, we used canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) to examine habitat associations within this cavity-nesting bird community.
    [Show full text]
  • Wildlife of the North Hills: Birds, Animals, Butterflies
    Wildlife of the North Hills: Birds, Animals, Butterflies Oakland, California 2005 About this Booklet The idea for this booklet grew out of a suggestion from Anne Seasons, President of the North Hills Phoenix Association, that I compile pictures of local birds in a form that could be made available to residents of the north hills. I expanded on that idea to include other local wildlife. For purposes of this booklet, the “North Hills” is defined as that area on the Berkeley/Oakland border bounded by Claremont Avenue on the north, Tunnel Road on the south, Grizzly Peak Blvd. on the east, and Domingo Avenue on the west. The species shown here are observed, heard or tracked with some regularity in this area. The lists are not a complete record of species found: more than 50 additional bird species have been observed here, smaller rodents were included without visual verification, and the compiler lacks the training to identify reptiles, bats or additional butterflies. We would like to include additional species: advice from local experts is welcome and will speed the process. A few of the species listed fall into the category of pests; but most - whether resident or visitor - are desirable additions to the neighborhood. We hope you will enjoy using this booklet to identify the wildlife you see around you. Kay Loughman November 2005 2 Contents Birds Turkey Vulture Bewick’s Wren Red-tailed Hawk Wrentit American Kestrel Ruby-crowned Kinglet California Quail American Robin Mourning Dove Hermit thrush Rock Pigeon Northern Mockingbird Band-tailed
    [Show full text]
  • Factors Affecting Feeding and Brooding of Brown Thrasher Nestlings.-The Nest- Ling Period Is a Particularly Stressful Time in the Lives of Birds
    GENERAL NOTES 297 wind. An adult California Gull (Larus c&ornicus) was flying east 5 m above the water, 50 m from the shore, close to 150 Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) that were foraging low over the water. One swallow, heading west, passed 1 m below the gull, which dropped suddenly and caught the swallow with its bill, glided for a few meters and settled on the water. The gull proceeded to manipulate the swallow in its bill for 30 set before swallowing the still moving bird head first. The gull sat on the water for 20 min, then continued its flight to the east. Most reports of adult birds being taken by gulls have occurred while the prey were on land or water, e.g., Manx Shearwater (Puffi nus &&us) and Common Puffins (Fratercula arctica) in nesting colonies as they go to and from their burrows (Harris 1965), sick or injured birds up to the size of geese (Witherby 1948), Rock Doves (Columba &via) (Jyrkkanen 1975) and Eurasian Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) (Drost 1958) at grain piles and ground-dwelling birds which associate with gulls (e.g., Witherby 1948). Gull predation of adult birds on water is much rarer but does occur (Hafft, Condor 73:253, 1971). Attacks and capture of avian prey on the wing has rarely been reported and generally occurs over sea on migration (Drost 1958). Bannerman (1962) reports Herring Gulls (L. argentatus) capturing and eating Redwings (Turdus musicus) and Eurasian Blackbirds (2.’ merula) as they migrate over water by knocking the weary birds into the water.
    [Show full text]
  • Owl Eyes Activity
    EXPAND YOUR SENSES! TRY USING YOUR OWLTEX T EYES Age Range: Grades K-5 Time: 10-15 minutes Location: Indoor or outdoor space Materials: Yourself, a place to stand where you can focus your eyes on a fixed object at eye level. Instructional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch? Barn Owl v=2js74vxOXfg&feature=youtu.be Illustrations by Amira Maddison USING YOUR “OWL EYES” ACTIVATES YOUR PERIPHERAL VISION What is peripheral vision? It’s the ability to see movement and objects outside of what your eyes are directly focused on. ACTIVITY PART 1: BECOMING AN OWL Start by finding a quiet place to go and stand. Take a little bit of time to start imagining that you are becoming an owl. Notice where your feet are positioned. Make sure they are firmly positioned on the ground. Imagine that your feet have become talons and they are gripped around the branch of a tree. You are tucked away in the tree, so no one else can see you. Now it’s time to take it all in and comfortably stare into the distance. If you are outside, make sure you can see the sky and the ground. If you are inside, make sure you can see the ceiling and the floor. Notice your eyes going soft and imagine that you can now see everything happening around you. For a few minutes, take it all in. To finish, take a big breath in and when you breathe out, release that feeling of becoming an owl. Next, you will work on activating your eyesight.
    [Show full text]
  • Black-Flies and Leucocytozoon Spp. As Causes of Mortality in Juvenile Great Horned Owls in the Yukon, Canada
    Black-flies and Leucocytozoon spp. as Causes of Mortality in Juvenile Great Horned Owls in the Yukon, Canada D. Bruce Hunter1, Christoph Rohner2, and Doug C. Currie3 ABSTRACT.—Black fly feeding and infection with the blood parasite Leucocytozoon spp. caused mortality in juvenile Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) in the Yukon, Canada during 1989-1990. The mortality occurred during a year of food shortage corresponding with the crash in snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) populations. We postulate that the occurrence of disease was mediated by reduced food availability. Rohner (1994) evaluated the numerical re- black flies identified from Alaska, USA and the sponse of Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) Yukon Territory, Canada, 36 percent are orni- to the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) cycle thophilic, 39 percent mammalophilic and 25 from 1988 to 1993 in the Kluane Lake area of percent autogenous (Currie 1997). Numerous southwestern Yukon, Canada. The survival of female black flies were obtained from the car- juvenile owls was very high during 1989 and casses of the juvenile owls, but only 45 of these 1990, both years of abundant hare populations. were sufficiently well preserved for identifica- Survival decreased in 1991, the first year of the tion. They belonged to four taxa as follows: snowshoe hare population decline (Rohner and Helodon (Distosimulium) pleuralis (Malloch), 1; Hunter 1996). Monitoring of nest sites Helodon (Parahelodon) decemarticulatus combined with tracking of individuals by radio- (Twinn), 3; Simulium (Eusimulium) aureum Fries telemetry provided us with carcasses of 28 ju- complex, 3; and Simulium (Eusimulium) venile owls found dead during 1990 and 1991 canonicolum (Dyar and Shannon) complex, 38 (Rohner and Doyle 1992).
    [Show full text]
  • Birds of Perry County Contact Us the Tell City Ranger District of the Hoosier National Forest Is Open 8-4:30 Monday Through Friday to Serve Visitors
    Birds of Perry County Contact Us The Tell City Ranger District of the Hoosier National Forest is open 8-4:30 Monday through Friday to serve visitors. Tell City Ranger District 248 15th Street Tell City, IN 47586 812-547-7051 Federal relay system for the deaf and hearing impaired: 1-800-877-8339 website: www.fs.usda.gov/hoosier Great Bllue Heron Tufted Titmouse __________________________ vV USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. America’s Great Outdoors Last updated 11/2011 Forest Service United States Department of Agriculture The third and fourth columns are the genus and Using the Checklist species of the bird. The fifth column shows the The first column after the bird’s common name is bird’s status in Indiana as of 2009. (Available at http:// evidence of the bird’s breeding status in our area. www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/Birds_Of_Indiana.pdf) CO = Confirmed breeding evidence FC = Federal Candidate FE = Federal Endangered PR = Probable breeding evidence FT = Federal Threatened SC - State Special Concern PO = Possible breeding evidence SE = State Endangered X = Exotic/Introduced OB = Observed, no breeding evidence Bird abundance will vary seasonally, and often from This shows highest breeding evidence value from year-to-year as well. Actual abundance is often dis- published 1985-1990 breeding bird atlas data and tinct from detectability. Some species may be com- draft 2005-2010 atlas data. (Available at http://www. mon but secretive and only rarely seen. Others may pwrc.usgs.gov/bba/) be numerically sparse, yet highly
    [Show full text]
  • Tc & Forward & Owls-I-IX
    USDA Forest Service 1997 General Technical Report NC-190 Biology and Conservation of Owls of the Northern Hemisphere Second International Symposium February 5-9, 1997 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Editors: James R. Duncan, Zoologist, Manitoba Conservation Data Centre Wildlife Branch, Manitoba Department of Natural Resources Box 24, 200 Saulteaux Crescent Winnipeg, MB CANADA R3J 3W3 <[email protected]> David H. Johnson, Wildlife Ecologist Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 600 Capitol Way North Olympia, WA, USA 98501-1091 <[email protected]> Thomas H. Nicholls, retired formerly Project Leader and Research Plant Pathologist and Wildlife Biologist USDA Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station 1992 Folwell Avenue St. Paul, MN, USA 55108-6148 <[email protected]> I 2nd Owl Symposium SPONSORS: (Listing of all symposium and publication sponsors, e.g., those donating $$) 1987 International Owl Symposium Fund; Jack Israel Schrieber Memorial Trust c/o Zoological Society of Manitoba; Lady Grayl Fund; Manitoba Hydro; Manitoba Natural Resources; Manitoba Naturalists Society; Manitoba Critical Wildlife Habitat Program; Metro Propane Ltd.; Pine Falls Paper Company; Raptor Research Foundation; Raptor Education Group, Inc.; Raptor Research Center of Boise State University, Boise, Idaho; Repap Manitoba; Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada; USDI Bureau of Land Management; USDI Fish and Wildlife Service; USDA Forest Service, including the North Central Forest Experiment Station; Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; The Wildlife Society - Washington Chapter; Wildlife Habitat Canada; Robert Bateman; Lawrence Blus; Nancy Claflin; Richard Clark; James Duncan; Bob Gehlert; Marge Gibson; Mary Houston; Stuart Houston; Edgar Jones; Katherine McKeever; Robert Nero; Glenn Proudfoot; Catherine Rich; Spencer Sealy; Mark Sobchuk; Tom Sproat; Peter Stacey; and Catherine Thexton.
    [Show full text]
  • Wallowa Wolverine Project: 2011‐2012 - April Progress Report
    Wallowa Wolverine Project: 2011‐2012 - April Progress Report Wallowa‐Whitman National Forest Field work began on 26 September 2011 and by the end of April 2012, we had established 26 camera stations in and adjacent to the Eagle Cap Wilderness in the Wallowa‐Whitman National Forest (Table 1). Access to camera sites was on foot, horse, snowmobile, ATV, skis, and snowshoes. The 6 camera stations that had wolverine visits in late winter 2011 were reestablished this season. Ten of the stations were below 6000’ elevation (4784’‐5820’). The remaining stations were located between 6014’ and 7373’ elevation. Additional stations may be added in May or June, depending on travel conditions in the mountains. One station was removed (WCAM1) because of its proximity to where the wolverine Stormy was trapped in December to prevent habituation of the wolverine to this site. Of the 26 established camera stations, 24 (92%) have been checked at least once (total=57 checks) and at these stations, there were 2,680 active camera days. One wolverine (Stormy; Fig.1‐3) has been photographed at 7 stations, including 4 stations where he was photographed in 2011. No other wolverines have been photographed to date. Eighteen other species have been detected at the camera stations (Table 2). Marten have been detected at 21 of the 24 (88%) stations that have been checked so far, and marten hair was collected at many of these stations and submitted for DNA analysis. We flew tracking flights on 6 days (Fig. 4), most in April, and have located wolverine tracks, or probable wolverine tracks, in 3 areas.
    [Show full text]
  • Phylogeography of Finches and Sparrows
    In: Animal Genetics ISBN: 978-1-60741-844-3 Editor: Leopold J. Rechi © 2009 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Chapter 1 PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF FINCHES AND SPARROWS Antonio Arnaiz-Villena*, Pablo Gomez-Prieto and Valentin Ruiz-del-Valle Department of Immunology, University Complutense, The Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain. ABSTRACT Fringillidae finches form a subfamily of songbirds (Passeriformes), which are presently distributed around the world. This subfamily includes canaries, goldfinches, greenfinches, rosefinches, and grosbeaks, among others. Molecular phylogenies obtained with mitochondrial DNA sequences show that these groups of finches are put together, but with some polytomies that have apparently evolved or radiated in parallel. The time of appearance on Earth of all studied groups is suggested to start after Middle Miocene Epoch, around 10 million years ago. Greenfinches (genus Carduelis) may have originated at Eurasian desert margins coming from Rhodopechys obsoleta (dessert finch) or an extinct pale plumage ancestor; it later acquired green plumage suitable for the greenfinch ecological niche, i.e.: woods. Multicolored Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) has a genetic extant ancestor, the green-feathered Carduelis citrinella (citril finch); this was thought to be a canary on phonotypical bases, but it is now included within goldfinches by our molecular genetics phylograms. Speciation events between citril finch and Eurasian goldfinch are related with the Mediterranean Messinian salinity crisis (5 million years ago). Linurgus olivaceus (oriole finch) is presently thriving in Equatorial Africa and was included in a separate genus (Linurgus) by itself on phenotypical bases. Our phylograms demonstrate that it is and old canary. Proposed genus Acanthis does not exist. Twite and linnet form a separate radiation from redpolls.
    [Show full text]