South Carolina Bird Life

Hudson, G. E.; Sprunt, Alexander; Chamberlain, Edward B.

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“…In 1933, Francis Weston (1965) discovered a large breeding colony of A. m. fisheri near Mulat in upper Escambia Bay, Santa Rosa County. Although the con¬ struction of Interstate Highway 10 in the early 1970s destroyed nearly a third of this Juncus marsh, I found a small colony of not more than 50 pairs in the marsh north of the Interstate in May 1980.…”

Section: Louisiana Seaside Sparrowmentioning

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The Seaside sparrow, its biology and management : proceedings of a symposium held at Raleigh, North Carolina 1-2 October 1981

Quay¹

1983

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Salt marshes are stands dominated by grasses and rushes rooted in the intertidal zone, which are alternately flooded and exposed by the tide. Generally three zones can be recognized in a salt marsh: a zone regularly flooded by the tide, a zone above normal high tide irregularly flooded by tides, and a zone at the edge of the upland. In the range of the Seaside Sparrow, there are five types of salt marsh. Marshes from New England to New Jersey typically have a broad zone of Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl. above the normal tide line where peat accumulates, a zone of Spartina alterniflora Loisel. of variable width, and luncus gerardi Loisel. at higher elevations. A similar pattern occurs between New jersey and northern North Carolina except that lun¬ cus roemerianus Scheele, Spartina cynosuroides (L.) Roth, and Scirpus robustus Pursh, all southern species, occur here. Along the southeastern Atlantic Coast vast stands of Spartina alterniflora occur on soft, silty sedi¬ ments in the extensive intertidal zone, luncus roemerianus, Spartina patens, and Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene dominate the zone above normal high tide. In Florida, mangroves and several other southern species occur as far north as St. Augustine. Extensive bodies of dry salt marsh occur throughout Florida and in the Everglades. Along the Gulf Coast, species composition is similar to that along the southeastern Atlantic Coast. However, luncus roemerianus occurs in larger pure stands. Salt marshes disappear in southwest Texas where high temperatures and low rainfall produce hypersaline conditions. Salt marshes are generally considered to be important contributors, through the export of organic matter, to the high productivity of estuarine systems. This phenomenon is thought to be a major cause of high production of fish and shellfish in East and Gulf Coast estuaries and near-shore ocean waters, a view that has recently been questioned. Man has numerous impacts on salt marshes. The most detrimental of these stem from dredging and filling and Salt-marsh Mosquito control.

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Section: Louisiana Seaside Sparrowmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Where they occur, the birds generally are associated with protected salt marshes behind barrier islands. They may also use brackish marshes back from the coast (Sprunt and Chamberlain 1970). As in the northeast, they exhibit a patchy distribution on the marshes and often occupy areas of Smooth Cordgrass .…”

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The Seaside sparrow, its biology and management : proceedings of a symposium held at Raleigh, North Carolina 1-2 October 1981

Quay¹

1983

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“…The use of this car-based insect food resource is inadequately studied, even if the first observation of the use of insects smashedon cars by the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in London (U.K) was reported in 1928 [24]. After that first observation, anecdotal observations of this behavior have been reported worldwide [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]. However, to our best knowledge, there are no studies where the use of insects on front panels of cars by birds has been studied more widely and in a systematic way.…”

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Urban Birds Using Insects on Front Panels of Cars

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Kaisanlahti‐Jokimäki

2023

Birds

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Urbanization influences the food availability and quality for birds in many ways. Although a great amount of food for birds is provided incidentally or intentionally in urban areas, the quantity of insect-based food can be reduced in cities. We studied the role of one artificial food source, insects smashed on the front panels of cars, in Finland, and more specifically in the city of Rovaniemi, by conducting questionnaire research, searching for data from databases and performing a field study. Our results indicated that a total of seven bird species have been detected using insects on the front panels of cars in Finland. However, this behavior is not yet common since about 60% of responders to the questionnaire stated that this behavior is currently either rare or very rare. Most of the observations identified House Sparrows, followed by the White Wagtail or the Eurasian Jackdaw. Only a few observations identified the Eurasian Tree Sparrow, the Hooded Crow, the Great Tit and the Eurasian Magpie. The phenomenon was distributed quite widely across Finland, except in the case of the Eurasian Jackdaws, for which observations were restricted only to the southern part of the country. The first observation was made about the House Sparrow in 1971, followed by the White Wagtail (1975), Hooded Crow (1997), Eurasian Jackdaw (2006), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2011), Eurasian Magpie (2019) and Great Tit (2022). The species using this food source are mainly sedentary urban exploiters, such as corvids and sparrows, that have been previously reported to have several different types of innovative behaviors. Most of the observations were conducted in urban parking sites of hypermarkets, and no observations were made in residential areas. Most of the foraging observations were made during the end phase of the breeding season, partly supporting the extra need for high-quality insect-based food for nestlings and fledglings. Our observations indicate that this behavior is not yet common and widespread among species.

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The Seaside sparrow, its biology and management : proceedings of a symposium held at Raleigh, North Carolina 1-2 October 1981

The Seaside sparrow, its biology and management : proceedings of a symposium held at Raleigh, North Carolina 1-2 October 1981

Urban Birds Using Insects on Front Panels of Cars

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