Prairie Falcon Nesting on Transmission Towers

Roppe, Jerry A.; Siegel, Sharon Crane; Wilder, Steven E.

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“…These structures are subsequently believed to facilitate the species' persistence in the region. Other species nesting on utility structures include martial eagles (Polemaetus bellicosus;Dean 1975), kestrels (F. tinnunculus; Krueger 1998), and hobbys (F. subbuteo; Puzović 2008) in Europe, upland buzzards (Buteo hemilasius; Ellis et al 2009) in Asia, and ferruginous hawks (B. regalis; Gilmer and Wiehe 1977), Swainson's hawks (B. swainsoni; James 1992), and prairie falcons (F. mexicanus; Roppe et al 1989) in North America.…”

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Managing nesting by Chihuahuan ravens on H‐frame electric transmission structures

Dwyer

Leiker

2012

Wildlife Society Bulletin

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Electric utility structures occur widely in natural and human-dominated landscapes and are often used by birds for nesting. Nests can cause power outages, fires, and electrocution of birds and their young, particularly if nests occur directly above energized equipment and incorporate metal wire. Chihuahuan raven (Corvus cryptoleucus) nests often contain metal wire and occur over energized equipment. To explore a proactive risk mitigation strategy we deployed novel nest diverters on 51 structures supporting a 230 kV H-frame transmission line in Kiowa and Bent Counties, Colorado, USA, and compared nesting on these structures with nesting on 66 structures without nest diverters on the same line. Chihuahuan ravens placed nest material on 7% of treated structures and 43% of untreated structures and nested on 0% of treated structures and 34% of untreated structures. Chihuahuan ravens were less likely to attempt to nest on, or actually nest on, structures treated with nest diverters. Future research should evaluate nest diverters over larger spatial and temporal scales and compare prey populations in areas where ravens are excluded to prey populations in areas where ravens persist. ß 2012 The Wildlife Society.

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Managing nesting by Chihuahuan ravens on H‐frame electric transmission structures

Dwyer

Leiker

2012

Wildlife Society Bulletin

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“…tors and corvids nest on transmission line towers throughout western North America (Gilmer and Wiehe 1977, Stahlecker and Griese 1979, Lee 1980, Nelson 1982, Sierra Pacific et al 1988, Roppe et al 1989 Abstract: Raptors and common ravens (Corvus corax) (hereafter called ravens) began nesting on towers along a 596-km segment of a 500-kV transmission line in southern Idaho and Oregon within 1 year of its construction. We began monitoring these nesting populations in 1981 to assess the effectiveness of artificial structures in attracting nesting raptors and to provide guidelines for enhancing raptor nesting opportunities on transmission lines.…”

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Nesting by Raptors and Common Ravens on Electrical Transmission Line Towers

Steenhof¹,

Kochert²,

Roppe³

1993

The Journal of Wildlife Management

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SAS INSTITUTE INC. 1987. SAS/Stat guide for personal computers. Version 6 ed. SAS Inst. Inc., Cary, N.C. 1029pp. STAHLECKER, D. W. 1975. Effect of a new transmission line on wintering prairie raptors. Condor 80:444-446. 1979. Raptor use of nest boxes and platforms on transmission towers. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 7:59-62. STALMASTER, M. V. 1980. Salmon carrion as a winter food source for red-tailed hawks. Murrelet 61:43-44. WILLIAMS, R. D., AND E. W. COLSON. 1989. Raptor associations with linear rights-of-way. Pages 173-192 in B. G. Pendleton, proj. ed. Proc. western raptor management symposium and workshop. Natl. Wildl. Fed.,

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“…Nest cliff lengths and heights range from 5 to 2400 m and from 3 to 140 m, respectively (Skinner 1961, Leedy 1972, Denton 1975, Williams 1981, Allen 1987b. Rarely, Prairie Falcons also may nest in trees or on transmission line towers in the abandoned nests of other large birds, including Common Raven (Corvus corax) and Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) (Skinner 1961;MacLaren et al 1984MacLaren et al , 1988Roppe et al 1989;Bunnell et al 1997). In the Snake River Birds of Prey Area (SRBPA) in southwestern Idaho, the amount of cliff area present per 10-km stretch of survey route explained 91% of the variation in nesting density (Steenhof et al 1999), indicating that Prairie Falcons may be limited by the availability of nesting substrates.…”

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Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Prairie Falcon

DeLong¹,

Steenhof²

2004

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This report is one in a series of literature syntheses on North American grassland birds. The need for these reports was identified by the Prairie Pothole Joint Venture (PPJV), a part of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. The PPJV adopted a goal to stabilize or increase populations of declining grasslandand wetland-associated wildlife species in the Prairie Pothole Region. To further that objective, it is essential to understand the habitat needs of birds other than waterfowl, and how management practices affect their habitats. The focus of these reports is on management of breeding habitat, particularly in the northern Great Plains.

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Prairie Falcon Nesting on Transmission Towers

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Managing nesting by Chihuahuan ravens on H‐frame electric transmission structures

Managing nesting by Chihuahuan ravens on H‐frame electric transmission structures

Nesting by Raptors and Common Ravens on Electrical Transmission Line Towers

Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Prairie Falcon

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