Capture and injury rates of Band-tailed Pigeons using whoosh nets

Coxen, Christopher L.; Collins, Daniel P.; Carleton, Scott A.

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“…We began trapping in early May and continued through September 2013-2015 (Coxen et al 2018). We captured band-tailed pigeons using whoosh nets at baited sites where homeowners had been feeding birds for many years (Coxen et al 2018). Each band-tailed pigeon received a standard size 5 United States Geological Survey band and a PIT tag injected under the skin at the base of the neck between the shoulders.…”

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“…We began trapping in early May and continued through September 2013–2015 (Coxen et al 2018). We captured band‐tailed pigeons using whoosh nets at baited sites where homeowners had been feeding birds for many years (Coxen et al 2018).…”

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“…On the contrary, PIT tag technology enables collecting large quantities of accurate and reliable data, through a fully automated data collection system, minimizing handling effects and trapping effort (Ratnayake et al 2014). Specifically, band-tailed pigeons become trap shy after even just 1 capture event and the application of PIT tags to passively track and record visitation rates seasonally and across years has the potential to improve vital rate estimates for this species (Coxen et al 2018).…”

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Survival rates of band‐tailed pigeons estimated using passive integrated transponder tags

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Obtaining survival estimates on the Interior population of bandtailed pigeons (Patagioenas fasciata) is challenging because they are trap shy, but the joint use of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags and bands is a potential solution. We investigated the use of PIT tags to passively recapture band-tailed pigeon at 3 locations in New Mexico, USA, to estimate survival. From 2013-2015, we captured, banded, and marked >600 individual band-tailed pigeons with PIT tags. To estimate annual survival rates, we used a Barker multi-state joint live and dead encounters and resighting model. Survival models excluding transience had survival estimates across site, sex, and year of 0.86 (95% CI = 0.84-0.88) for after hatch year birds and 0.63 (95% CI = 0.48-0.76) for hatch year birds. These results are consistent with other survival estimates reported for the Interior population of band-tailed pigeons using band return data and potentially provide an effective alternative method of monitoring survival of this population. K E Y W O R D S band-tailed pigeon, mark-recapture, New Mexico, passive integrated transponder, Patagioenas fasciata, survival Band-tailed pigeons (Patagioenas fasciata) are a migratory game bird found in 2 distinct regions of temperate North America managed as separate populations: Pacific and Interior. Band-tailed pigeons breed from northern Colorado and east-central Utah south through Arizona, New Mexico, and the Trans Pecos area of west Texas, USA, into the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico. The Interior population winters primarily from northern Mexico south to at least Michoacán (Braun et al. 1975, American Ornithologists' Union 1983), but some winter in New Mexico, and likely in parts of Arizona and Texas (Collins et al. 2019). Interior and Pacific populations migrate in winter to

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“…We captured lesser prairie‐chickens on leks using walk‐in funnel traps (Haukos et al 1990, Schroeder and Braun 1991), drop‐nets (Silvy et al 1990), and whoosh nets (Coxen et al 2018) from early March to late May in 2013, 2014, and 2015. We classified captured lesser prairie‐chickens as adult or subadult (<1 yr old at time of capture) and male or female based on plumage characteristics.…”

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Lesser Prairie‐Chicken Survival in Varying Densities of Energy Development

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Anthropogenic features increasingly affect ecological processes with increasing human demand for natural resources. Such effects also have the potential to vary depending on the sex and age of an individual because of inherent behavioral and life experience differences. For the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), studies on male survival are limited because most previous research has been focused on females. To better understand patterns of lesser prairie-chicken survival in habitat with varying levels of anthropogenic infrastructure associated with oil and natural gas development, we monitored survival of 178 radio-tagged male and female lesser prairie-chickens in eastern New Mexico, USA, from 2013 to 2015. We examined the relationships of shrub cover, proximity to and density of anthropogenic features (i.e., utility poles), displacement of natural vegetation by anthropogenic features (i.e., area of roads and well pads), and individual demographics (i.e., sex, age) with lesser prairie-chicken survival. Furthermore, we categorized the probable cause of mortality and examined its relationship with oil and gas development intensity (indexed by utility pole density) within 1,425 m of an individual's mortality site or final observed location. We predicted that survival would be lower for individuals exposed to greater levels of anthropogenic features, and that males and subadults would be more negatively affected than females and adults because of increased exposure to predators during the lekking season and naiveté. Relationships between survival and utility pole density, sex, and age were supported in our top-ranked models, whereas models including other anthropogenic and natural features (i.e., roads, well pads, shrub cover) received little support. We predicted a substantial decrease in adult and subadult male survival with increasing densities of utility poles. The relationship between survival and utility pole density for females was weaker and not as clearly supported as for males. We did not find a detectable difference in utility pole counts among probable mortality causes. Our findings highlight the importance of including male lesser prairie-chickens in research and conservation planning, and the negative effect that high densities of anthropogenic features can have on lesser prairie-chicken survival.

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Differential seasonal avoidance of anthropogenic features and woody vegetation by Lesser Prairie-Chickens

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The influence of seasonal variation in animal behavior and the corresponding response in habitat selection is a critical component of habitat selection analyses. To examine this relationship, we conducted multi-scale analyses of Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) habitat selection in relation to anthropogenic infrastructure associated with oil and gas development, mesquite, and trees during the spring and summer at home range and lek area scales. We tracked 159 Lesser Prairie-Chickens using VHF radiotelemetry or PTT-GPS transmitters in the sand shinnery oak prairie region of eastern New Mexico, USA. We used discrete choice models and logistic regression to assess seasonal patterns of habitat selection at home range and lek area scales, respectively. The static habitat features we examined allowed us to observe differential patterns of habitat selection between the two seasons, revealing an overall increase in the degree of avoidance following the spring season. Results of our home range scale analysis indicate that utility pole density, mesquite cover and proximity, distance to active well pads, and proximity to private roads have significant negative effects on habitat selection during both seasons. Avoidance of dense utility pole areas was significantly greater during the summer. Lek area habitat selection results were similar, but differences in sensitivity to features between seasons were stronger. Avoidance of high mesquite cover and utility pole and tree densities, in particular, was significantly greater in the summer. The effects of density and cover of these features, which have previously been understudied or overlooked in Lesser Prairie-Chicken research, provide critical information for future conservation practices. Furthermore, our study highlights the importance of accounting for potential seasonal patterns of their study species to best examine habitat selection.

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Capture and injury rates of Band-tailed Pigeons using whoosh nets

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Survival rates of band‐tailed pigeons estimated using passive integrated transponder tags

Survival rates of band‐tailed pigeons estimated using passive integrated transponder tags

Lesser Prairie‐Chicken Survival in Varying Densities of Energy Development

Differential seasonal avoidance of anthropogenic features and woody vegetation by Lesser Prairie-Chickens

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