Suspected predation by accipiters on radio-tracked American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) in eastern Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 294-297

  Farmer, Gail C ^a   McCarty, Kyle ^a   Robertson, Sue ^a   Robertson, Bob ^a   Bildstein, Keith L ^a  

^a Acopian Center for Conservation Learning   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter cooperii; American Kestrel; Cooper's Hawk; Falco sparverius; Mortality; Predation; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RAPTOR;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITER COOPERII; FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 33847681329     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/0892-1016(2006)40[294:SPBAOR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Ardia, D. and K.L. Bildstein. 2001. Sex-related differences in habitat use in wintering American Kestrels. Auk 118: 746-750.
2. Bird, D.M. and R.S. Palmer. 1988. American Kestrel. Pages 253-290 in R.S. Palmer [Ed.], Handbook of North American birds. Vol. 5: Diurnal Raptors. Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, CT U.S.A.
3. Belthoff, J.R. and G. Richison. 1989. Natal dispersal of Eastern Screech Owls. Condor 91:254-265.
4. Daan, S., C. Deerenberg, and C. Dijkstra. 1996. Increased daily work precipitates natural death in the kestrel. J. Anim. Ecol. 65:539-544.
5. Dunn, E.H. and E.L. Tessaglia. 1994. Predation of birds at feeders in winter. J. Field Ornithol. 65:8-16.
6. Godfrey, J.D., D.M. Bryant, and M.J. Williams. 2003. Radio-telemetry increases free-living energy costs in the endangered Takahe (Porphyrio mantelli). Biol. Conserv. 114:35-38.
7. Guthery, F.S. and J.L. Lusk 2004. Radiotelemetry studies: Are we radio-handicapping Northern Bobwhites? Wildl. Soc. Bull. 32:1-8.
8. Hamerstrom, F. 1972. Birds of prey of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, Stevens Point, WI U.S.A.
9. Henny, C.J. 1972. An analysis of the population dynamics of selected avian species. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. Res. Rep. 1. U.S. Gov. Printing Office, Washington, DC U.S.A.
10. Kirkpatrick, R.D. 1980. Cooper's Hawk kills Kestrel. Inland Bird Banding 52:23.
11. McFadzen, M. and J.M. Marzluff. 1996. Mortality of Prairie Falcons during the fledging dependence period. Condor 98:791-800.
12. Murray, D.L. and M.R. Fuller. 2000. A critical review of the effects of marking on the biology of vertebrates. Pages 15-64 in C.L. Boitani and T. Fuller [Eds.], Research techniques in animal ecology. Columbia University Press, NY U.S.A.
13. National Audubon Society. 2002. The Christmas Bird Count historical results. http://www.audubon.org/BIRD/CBC (accessed November 2005).
14. Petty, S.J. and S.J. Thirgood. 1989. A radio tracking study of post-fledging mortality and movements in Tawny Owls in Argyll. Ringing Migr. 10:75-82.
15. Petty, S.J., D.I.K. Anderson, M. Davison, B. Little, T.N. Sherratt, C.J. Thomas, and X. Lambin. 2003. The decline of Common Kestrels Falco tinnunculus in a forested area of northern England: the role of predation by Northern Goshawks Accipiter gentilis. Ibis 145:472-493.
16. Roest, A.I. 1957. Notes on the American Sparrow Hawk. Auk 74:1-19.
17. Rosenfield, R.N. and J. Bielefeldt. 1993. Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii). In A. Poole and F. Gill [Eds.], The birds of North America, No. 75. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC U.S.A.
18. Roth, T.C. and S.L. Lima. 2003. Hunting behavior and diet of Cooper's Hawks: an urban view of the small-bird-in-winter paradigm. Condor 105:474-483.
19. Sauer, J.R., J.E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2004. The North American Breeding Bird Survey: results and analysis 1966-2003. Version 2004.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD U.S.A.
20. Smallwood, J.A. and D.M. Bird. 2002. American Kestrel (Falco sparverius). In A. Poole and F. Gill [Eds.], The birds of North America, No. 602. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC U.S.A.
21. Stoddard, H.L. 1978. Birds of Grady County, Georgia. Tall Timbers Res. Stn. Bull. 21:1-75.
22. Storer, R.W. 1966. Sexual dimorphism and food habits in three North American accipiters. Auk 83:423-436.
23. Sullivan, B.L. and C.L. Wood. 2005. A plea for the common birds. N. Am. Birds 59:18-30.
24. Varland, D.E., E.E. Klaas, and T.M. Laughin. 1993. Use of habitat and perches, causes of mortality, and time until dispersed in post-fledging American Kestrels. J. Field Ornithol. 64:169-178.