Winter Occurrence, Foods, and Habitat Use of Snipe in Northwest California

White, Marshall; Harris, Stanley W.

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“…The number of earthworm chaetae in the second subsample was estimated from counts of four of the 16 sectors. Many small plant fragments (<0.5 mm 2 ) were present in the samples, but these were not regarded as Snipe food as they probably originated from the intestines of earthworms and beetles (White & Harris 1966, Tuck 1972.…”

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confidence: 99%

Habitat use and diet of Common SnipeGallinago gallinagobreeding on moorland in northern England

Hoodless¹,

Ewald²,

Baines³

2007

Bird Study

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Section: Diet Analysismentioning

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Habitat use and diet of Common SnipeGallinago gallinagobreeding on moorland in northern England

Hoodless¹,

Ewald²,

Baines³

2007

Bird Study

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“…Escape and loafing cover and exposed organic soil are the critical components of snipe winter habitat (White and Harris 1966;Tuck 1972). Suitable winter habitat in northern California provided good visibility, walking and probing ease, and adjacent escape cover (White and Harris 1966). Sedges, thick willows, and alders provide suitable cover for snipe (Tuck 1972).…”

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“…In North America, marshes provide for snipe winter needs (Tuck 1972). Wet cattle pastures, periodically inundated, fallowed or harrowed agricultural fields, shallow farm ponds, and the edges of lakes, ditches, streams, and rivers are also important snipe wintering habitats (Johnson 1966;White and Harris 1966;Tuck 1972;and Fogarty et al 1977).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Red River Wildlife Management Area HEP Report, Habitat Evaluation Procedures, Technical Report 2004.

Ashley¹

2004

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A habitat evaluation procedures (HEP) analysis conducted on the 314-acre Red River Wildlife Management Area (RRWMA) managed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game resulted in 401.38 habitat units (HUs). Habitat variables from six habitat suitability index (HSI) models, comprised of mink (Mustela vison), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), common snipe (Capella gallinago), black-capped chickadee (Parus altricapillus), yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia), and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), were measured by Regional HEP Team (RHT) members in August 2004. Cover types included wet meadow, riverine, riparian shrub, conifer forest, conifer forest wetland, and urban. HSI model outputs indicate that the shrub component is lacking in riparian shrub and conifer forest cover types and that snag density should be increased in conifer stands. The quality of wet meadow habitat, comprised primarily of introduced grass species and sedges, could be improved through development of ephemeral open water ponds and increasing the amount of persistent wetland herbaceous vegetation e.g. cattails (Typha spp.) and bulrushes (Scirpus spp.).

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“…The fibrous material was principally vascular tissues of herbaceous plants but occasionally included Bryophyta (seven birds) and Characeae (two birds). White & Harris (1966) gave reasons for not considering the fibrous material as food in G. gallinago. They assumed that it was collected accidentally as the birds probed for other items, or represented the stomach contents of animals eaten and was ultimately regurgitated as Animals.…”

Section: Foodmentioning

confidence: 99%