Species visitation at free‐choice quail feeders in west texas

Henson, Kelly D.; Rollins, Dale; Lyons, Eddie K.; Ransom, Dean

doi:10.1002/wsb.209

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“…As intended by game managers, gamebirds and songbirds (including 6 songbird species of conservation interest in the United Kingdom) made use of the majority of feeders provided (95%) but non‐target species accounted for the majority of the photographs (54%) and consumed most of the grain (67%). Similar results were reported in studies in the United States with different levels of predator control where they showed 54–81% of the presences at feeders were by species equivalent to our non‐target species (Rollins et al , Morris et al , Henson et al ). In contrast, other studies in the United States and Europe reported that target species were 57–68% of the presences at feeders (Guthery et al , Stoate and Szczur ).…”

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“…We set 1 infra‐red camera trap to monitor each experimental feeder. This technique has been used successfully at feeders and water troughs (Guthery et al , Stoate and Szczur , Henson et al , Sánchez‐García et al ). We placed cameras at a distance of 1.5 m from each feeder and mounted them 25–40 cm above the ground on a pole of the same height depending on vegetation structure.…”

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“…We placed cameras at a standard distance of 1.5 m from the feeder and mounted them 25-40 cm above the ground. and water troughs (Guthery et al 2004, Stoate and Szczur 2009, Henson et al 2012, S anchez-Garc ıa et al 2012. We placed cameras at a distance of 1.5 m from each feeder and mounted them 25-40 cm above the ground on a pole of the same height depending on vegetation structure.…”

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“…A regular change of the feeder location (every 7–10 days) is recommended to reduce the impact of rodents. As suggested by Henson et al (), feeders can be used to concentrate and control pests like rats.…”

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Supplementary winter food for gamebirds through feeders: Which species actually benefit?

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Providing supplementary winter food for gamebirds through feeders is an important management tool for many game managers, but there has been no systematic study of how much of the food is consumed by gamebirds, by undesirable pest species, and by songbirds of conservation interest. Nor is anything known about the effects of feeder location on the attractiveness for game and other wildlife. We used camera traps to assess the above at 259 game feeders containing wheat grain at 3 lowland farms in southern England during the winters of 2012 and 2013. We conducted both paired feeding trials, where we set 1 feeder along hedgerow cover and the other 40 m into the adjacent field, and unpaired feeding trials, where we set only 1 feeder. We changed the location of existing feeders along hedgerow cover every 7-10 days to assess the time needed by wildlife to find new feeder locations and tested whether displaying rook (Corvus frugilegus) carcasses on top of the feeders reduced the number of corvids visiting feeders. No pest control was conducted at the feeders. We recorded 47 species in total (33 birds and 14 mammals). Feeders were visited by gamebirds and songbirds in early and late winter, but rodents, columbids, corvids, lagomorphs, predators (mammals and raptors), waterbirds, and other species accounted for 54% of visits and consumed 67% of grain provided. We recorded higher numbers of gamebirds, songbirds, rodents, and columbids per photograph at feeders along hedgerow cover than in the open, whereas corvids were more numerous in open fields. All brown rats (Rattus norvegicus, 17% of visits across seasons and sites) were photographed at feeders along hedgerow cover. After the change of location, gamebirds and songbirds located feeders at new locations within 1-3 days, whereas rodents needed 2-4 days. Rook carcasses reduced the number of corvids photographed at feeders by 55%, and number of songbirds by 83% but did not affect gamebird attendance. To prevent gamebird feeding practices from being inefficient and potentially counterproductive for ecological and economic reasons, feeders should be set along hedgerow cover when rats are properly controlled and in open fields when no control of rats is conducted, and their locations changed regularly. Ó 2015 The Wildlife Society.

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“…One conundrum common in ranch management, and a confounding factor in this study (Jhala ), is the attraction of raccoons into quail nesting habitat by the provision of supplemental feed for game species (Cooper and Ginnett , Henson et al ). Another is that land management actions undertaken to promote better nesting success in quail and other grassland birds will also alter the habitat for the predators and may change the availability of the many alternative food sources used by these adaptable and omnivorous animals (Tyson ).…”

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Nocturnal movements and habitat selection of mesopredators encountering bobwhite nests

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Jhala

Rollins³

et al. 2014

Wildl. Soc. Bull.

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Northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) represent a valuable resource for upland game-bird hunters and the rural economies they support; however, bobwhite populations are declining across the United States. As ground-nesting birds, bobwhites are highly susceptible to mammalian predation during the breeding season. We placed global positioning collars on 6 coyotes (Canis latrans), 4 bobcats (Lynx rufus), and 11 raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Texas, USA, during the nesting season of bobwhites (April-August of [2009][2010][2011] to assess their habitat selection and use, as well as determine the relative frequency with which they may encounter bobwhite nests. Overall, nightly encounter rate of predators with known bobwhite nest sites was low. Coyotes encountered nest sites 3 times more frequently than male raccoons and 7 times more frequently than bobcats. Female raccoons did not come within 50 m of any nest locations. The higher encounter rate of coyotes with bobwhite nest sites was associated with the similarity of habitat preference of coyotes and bobwhites for grasslands and grass-shrub habitats and the wide-ranging nocturnal paths of coyotes. Bobcats and raccoons had shorter nightly paths and mainly used habitats providing a greater degree of cover than is typically suitable for nesting bobwhites. Male raccoons were more mobile than females and made greater use of the grass-shrub habitat, and thus were more likely to encounter quail nests. Despite having lower individual encounter rates with bobwhite nest sites than did coyotes, male raccoons remain important predators of quail nests because they have the behavioral ability to attain greater population densities than those of the more territorial coyotes and bobcats. Ó

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Supplemental feeding of northern bobwhite (

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Brym²,

Henry³

et al. 2021

Wildl. Res.

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Northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) are a well known game bird that has been extensively studied and managed throughout its range for many decades. Despite this, bobwhites have continued a steady annual decline across the United States, irrespective of many well established conservation practices in place to mitigate this. Supplemental feeding is one such technique that is a widely used tool in bobwhite management, but the methods and results of the studies to investigate the effectiveness of this method are highly variable. The effectiveness of supplemental feeding practices is further hindered by the limited knowledge regarding the nutritional requirements of wild bobwhite because many of the guidelines that researchers follow are based on species of Galliformes that are primarily used for production. Here, we review supplemental feeding studies, nutritional requirements of bobwhite, and discuss future directions.

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Species visitation at free‐choice quail feeders in west texas

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Supplementary winter food for gamebirds through feeders: Which species actually benefit?

Supplementary winter food for gamebirds through feeders: Which species actually benefit?

Nocturnal movements and habitat selection of mesopredators encountering bobwhite nests

Supplemental feeding of northern bobwhite (

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