Nest-Site Preferences of Flammulated Owls in Western New Mexico

The Condor ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 653 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Archibald McCallum ◽  
Frederick R. Gehlbach
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Site Preferences ◽  
Nest Site Preferences

scholarly journals Individual Nest Site Preferences Do Not Explain Upslope Population Shifts of a Secondary Cavity-Nesting Species

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2457
Author(s):  
Elisa J. Abeyta ◽  
Andrew W. Bartlow ◽  
Charles D. Hathcock ◽  
Jeanne M. Fair
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Nesting Behavior ◽  
Geographic Ranges ◽  
Nest Boxes ◽  
Site Preferences ◽  
Cavity Nesting ◽  
Sialia Mexicana ◽  
Large Nest ◽  
Nest Site Preferences

Geographic ranges of plants and animals are shifting due to environmental change. While some species are shifting towards the poles and upslope in elevation, the processes leading to these patterns are not well known. We analyzed 22 years of western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) data from a large nest box network in northern New Mexico at elevations between 1860 m and 2750 m. This population has shifted to higher elevations over time, but whether this is due to changes in nesting behavior and preference for higher elevation within the population or driven by immigration is unclear. We banded adults and nestlings from nest boxes and examined nesting location and elevation for individual birds captured two or more times. Most recaptured birds nested at the same nest boxes in subsequent years, and the number of birds that moved upslope did not significantly differ from the number that moved downslope. Fledglings moved greater distances and elevations than adults, but these movements were not upslope specific. Female fledglings showed greater changes in elevation and distance compared to male fledglings, but again, movements were not consistently upslope. The upslope shift in this population may be due to birds immigrating into the population and not from changes in individual nesting behavior.

scholarly journals Selection through predation, snowfall and microclimate on nest-site preferences in the Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta

Ibis ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 144 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia M. Rauter ◽  
Heinz-Ulrich Reyer ◽  
Kurt Bollmann
Keyword(s):  
Nest Site ◽  
Site Preferences ◽  
Nest Site Preferences ◽  
Water Pipit

Vertical and horizontal transmission of nest site preferences in titmice

2013 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tore Slagsvold ◽  
Kari Wigdahl Kleiven ◽  
Ane Eriksen ◽  
Lars Erik Johannessen
Keyword(s):  
Nest Site ◽  
Horizontal Transmission ◽  
Site Preferences ◽  
Nest Site Preferences
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