Swainson's hawk productivity and five-young nest

Houston, C. Stuart

doi:10.29173/bluejay6056

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“…In the West, it has been in decline since the early part of the century and is now a rare breeder in the Great Basin (Ryser 1985;Harlow and Bloom 1989). A long-term decrease in productivity has also been docu¬ mented in Saskatchewan (Houston 1993 (Woodbridge et al 1995;England et al 1997). (Bechard and Schmutz 1995).…”

Section: Shrubland Speciesmentioning

confidence: 95%

Birds in a sagebrush sea : managing sagebrush habitats for bird communities /

Paige¹,

Ritter²

1999

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It) •' %bJZ535 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.2 ECOLOGY OF SAGEBRUSH HABITAT.3 Climate. 3 Vegetation.3 Wildlife Dependence on Sagebrush.5 THE SAGEBRUSH LANDSCAPE BEFORE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT.5 Wildfire Patterns.6 CHANGES IN SAGEBRUSH COUNTRY.7 Influence of Livestock Grazing.7 Non-native Grasses and Sagebrush Habitat Conversion.8 HOW TO HELP BIRDS IN SAGEBRUSH HABITATS.9 General Sagebrush Habitat Management.10 Sagebrush.12 Understory Grasses and Forbs.14 Biological Soil Crusts.15 Grazing.15 Water Developments.16 Insecticides.17 Recreation.18 Prescribed Fire and Wildfire.18 Habitat Fragmentation. 19 Invasion of Non-native Grasses and Forbs.20 Farming.21 Mining and Oil/Gas Development.21 Residential and Urban Development.22 SUMMARY OF BIRD MANAGEMENT GOALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.24 LITERATURE CITED.27 APPENDIX I. SAGEBRUSH BIRDS OF CONCERN.33 SAGEBRUSH OBLIGATE SPECIES.33 Sage Grouse.33 Sage Thrasher.34 Sage Sparrow.35 Brewer's Sparrow.36 SHRUBLAND SPECIES.37 Green-tailed Towhee.37 Black-throated Sparrow.38 Lark Sparrow.38 SHRUBLAND AND GRASSLAND SPECIES.39 Swainson's Hawk.39 Ferruginous Hawk.40 Prairie Falcon.40 Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse.41 Loggerhead Shrike.42 GRASSLAND SPECIES...43 Long-billed Curlew.43 Burrowing Owl.44 Short-eared Owl.44 Vesper Sparrow.45 PRIMARILY DRY WOODLAND SPECIES.46 Gray Flycatcher.46 APPENDIX II. SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF SAGEBRUSH, OTHER PLANTS, AND ANIMALS.47 at i W3 ?35 I (\(\a BACKGROUND BIRDS IN A SAGEBRUSH SEA To many of us, sagebrush country symbolizes the wild, wide-open spaces of the West, populated by scattered herds of cattle and sheep, a few pronghorn antelope, and a loose-knit community of

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Section: Shrubland Speciesmentioning

confidence: 95%

Birds in a sagebrush sea : managing sagebrush habitats for bird communities /

Paige¹,

Ritter²

1999

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“…Swainson's Hawks prey primarily on insects and small mammals (Cameron, 1913;Olendorff, 1973;Salt and Salt, 1976;Dunkle, 1977;Schmutz, 1977;Bechard, 1983;Gilmer and Stewart, 1984;Torrance, 1986;Johnson and others, 1987;McGrath, 1988;Houston, 1990Houston, , 1995Houston, , 1998Restani, 1991;James, 1992;Hansen, 1994;Giovanni and others, 2007;Behney and others, 2010). Other prey items include birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians (Cameron, 1913;Krause, 1968;Olendorff, 1973;Dunkle, 1977;Schmutz, 1977;Gilmer and Stewart, 1984;Torrance, 1986;Restani, 1991;Hansen, 1994;Andersen, 1995;Knopf and Wunder, 2006;Giovanni and others, 2007;Behney and others, 2010).…”

Section: Prey Habitatmentioning

confidence: 99%

The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Swainson’s Hawk (<i>Buteo swainsoni</i>)

Shaffer¹,

Igl²,

Johnson³

et al. 2019

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