Central Wisconsin Kestrel Research Janet Eschenbauch Amber Eschenbauch Eric Anderson-Facilitator.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Task design: reading and listening content Keith Kelly

Advertisements

Life Cycle of a Barn Owl By Emma.

3.OVIPARY, OVOVIVIPARY, VIVIPARY – terms used to describe what happens when future offspring separates from parent OVIPARY – eggs are released and develop.

Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis By Weston Weller.

FAUNA Gray Fox Image by: R Robinson - NPS Photo Mammals - The Red Rocks Trail, an eastern foothills life zone, is home to many animals. The seasons are.

American Oystercatcher Research and Monitoring 2004 Status Report North Carolina’s Outer Banks and Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, MA.

Challenges and Successes of Volunteer Monitoring: Zeloski Wetland Restoration, L ake Mills, WI Bryan Huberty, Volunteer Monitoring Coordinator, Rock River.

Birds, The Physics of Bird Flight, and Mammals

What makes a good bluebird nest box? Wood box on metal pole Floor space of 4” by 4” Entrance hole of 1½” diameter No perch on the front Floor allows drainage.

BLUEBIRD BOXES. The Eastern Bluebird: Cavity nesters Perchers- hunt for insects from above Will eat fruits/nuts in the winter Eastern bluebirds can.

Welcome to Issues of Latin America!. Issues of Latin America Water management problems Deforestation Fuel issues Trade challenges Over-fishing Poverty.

Time To Fly The babies fledge when they are 16 to 20 days old. They will not return to the nest after their first flight. Monitors don’t open a box after.

The Greater Prairie Chicken Also called the: Pinnated grouse; Prairie Grouse or Prairie Hen.

Endangered Means There ’ s Still Time  Endangered species are like fire alarms. They tell us about problems in our home we call Earth.  If we listen.

Falcons Christian Baldenegro Per.2 May 23, Basic Information Falcons are roughly divisible into three or four groups.The first contains the kestrels.

Birds of Zeloski Marsh Wetlands Reserve Program in Wisconsin.

Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge American Oystercatcher 2004 Productivity.

Owls By Miss Allison.

Learn More About One of Our Most Recognized Birds: the Red-winged Blackbird Flashes of Red.

Results from the 2013 Breeding Season for Lesser Prairie-Chickens in Kansas and Colorado.

Any pattern of behaviour in which parent spends time and/or energy to improve the survival, condition and future reproductive success of offspring. Care.

Waterfowl. Duck Life Cycle 1.Paired up in winter 2.Migrate north in winter 3.Reach destination, usually where the hen was born, a nest is created 4.Hen.

Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Largest wading bird and largest North American heron Head-to-tail length of in Wingspan of in Weight of

B URROWING O WL By Caroline P HYSICAL C HARACTERISTICS  The length of the burrowing owl is only 10 in.  The weight of the burrowing owl is only 6 oz.

Fifth Annual Survey of the Endangered Kirtland’s Warbler in Wisconsin Kim Grveles, WI Dept. of Natural Resources Partners: Natural Resources Foundation.

GET IN THE ZONE!  1. Interactive notebook!  2. Notes from yesterday.  3. permission slip and $15.

Helping Birds: Citizen Science Projects Close to Home Andrew Vitz State Ornithologist.

Life in 21 days 1. The Incubator we will use 2 Hatching chicken eggs 3.

Facts About Chickens.

The Wild Turkey Sex Differences: Male larger, with much more prominent beard, head and neck completely bare, often bluish. Fun Fact: The male Wild Turkey.

Song Sparrows: The Little Birds Behind the

{ The Secret Life of Bluebirds. Different birds build different kinds of nests Some are BIG. The bald eagle’s nest can be more than 6 feet across- big.

CCCChickens are domestic birds that cannot fly AAAAdult female chicken is called a hen AAAAdult male is called a rooster TTTThe young.

Different kinds of development by vertebrates after birth

 The scientific name for the barn owl is the tyto alba.  call call.

Barn Owls By Ben Steinle.

Bluebirds Everyone’sFavorite. Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow- Why then, oh why can’t I? Do you recognize this famous.

1 Upland Game Birds. 2 Minnesota’s upland game birds include ruffed, spruce, and sharp-tailed grouse, ring-necked pheasant, turkey, woodcock, and the.

Some SMESL Critters Red Tail Hawk. Red Tail hawk One of our more common hawks Upper part of tail red. Very easy to identify Males about 11/2 lbs Females.

The Blue-Billed Duck Male Blue-Billed Duck. Introduction The Blue-Billed Duck is also known as the Oxyura Australis.Oxyura-Australis - is the scientific.

Endangered Means There’s Still Time  Endangered species are like fire alarms. They tell us about problems in our home we call Earth.  If we listen to.

Note Please watch this as a slide show as I took time to add some animations.

Happy New Year 1-4  Today: Start “mini-unit” on owls Mid term after owl test.

GREEK Words OIKOS = HOUSE OR PLACE WHERE ONE LIVES LOGOS= STUDY OF So…

Measuring Productivity – Part I Ecological MethodologyLEC-11 Althoff.

The Northern Cardinal By Daniel Kilibarda. Stages of Life Introduction A flash of red, a loud, metallic chirp, followed by a quick flight onto the ground.

Keel-billed Toucan The keel-billed toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus, is a South American bird with a huge beak. This social bird lives in small flocks in.

By Sadie and Shanaya Description Food Habitat Family Problems Solutions Bibliography Keep clicking till end.

Snowy owl. TYPE The snowy owl is a type of bird.

Educators… These teaching slides were created by the BirdSleuth K-12 team. We welcome you to share these slides with your students! You may edit this file,

Hawk The animal I researched was the hawk. Hawk are birds. They live in the woodlands of New york State.

Birds Part II WILDLIFE NATURAL LEC 03 HISTORY & INDENTIFICATION University of Rio Grande Donald P. Althoff, Ph.D.

Vital Stats Weight: 2-4 lbs. Length: 22" Wing Span: 56 inches" Sexual Maturity: 3 yrs. Mating Season: spring Incubation: days No. of Eggs: 1-3 Birth.

The eagle owl by Jackson The regular name is eagle owl and the scientific name is bubo bubo.

The Scarlet Macaw By Daniel Whooley What is the Scarlet Macaw’s predator? HUMANS - hunting, poaching, deforestation and the spraying of pesticides by.

Raven By: Lucy Siciliano. Animal Facts Description Ravens are black from head to toe. They Have narrow wings, thin fingers at the tip of the wings, a.

The Mauritius Kestrel. Interesting Facts The Mauritius Kestrel females are slightly larger than the males In 1974, there were only 4 wild Mauritius kestrels.

Terrestrial Ecosystems Grassland Temperate Forest Rain Forest.

Raptors as a biological control School Links Programme Mongolian Artificial Nest Project.

Life Cycle of a Chicken Click screen to continue.

Necropsy In A Box Background Information. Northern Bobwhite Quail Facts Colinus virginianus The bobwhite quail is a relatively small bird that is about.

The World of Birds.

PIEDPIED CROW The Pied Crow was first described in 1776 by Statius Muller. ITS specific name is the Latin adjective albus, meaning "white". The voice.

Florida Grasshopper Sparrow

The American kestrel.

Birds of Prey An Ecosystem Study.

Buena Vista Wildlife Area

Methods of hatching eggs

Presentation transcript:

Central Wisconsin Kestrel Research Janet Eschenbauch Amber Eschenbauch Eric Anderson-Facilitator

Falco sparverius Holds the Latin meaning “falcon of the sparrows” Often called a sparrow hawk

Frances Hamerstrom Monitored nestboxes for 30 years with help from gabboons. Started this historic nestbox program in 1968.

Buena Vista Grasslands Originally swamp and open marsh, the BVG was ditched and drained for agricultural use Originally swamp and open marsh, the BVG was ditched and drained for agricultural use WDNR manages 12,000 acres for preservation of Greater Prairie Chicken WDNR manages 12,000 acres for preservation of Greater Prairie Chicken

Monitoring 14/58 on Trees 26/58 on Electric Poles 18/58 on Free-standing Poles May to August

Methods & Improvizations

Surprises on the Marsh

Clutches Between 3-6 Eggs Between 3-6 Eggs Lays one egg every other day Lays one egg every other day Incubates when second to last is laid Incubates when second to last is laid Incubates for days Incubates for days

Chicks of all Ages

Male Female

Adult Plumage Female Male

Adaptations Eyespots confuse predators Eyespots confuse predators Eurasian Kestrels locate voles by urine trails which reflect ultraviolet light Eurasian Kestrels locate voles by urine trails which reflect ultraviolet light

Diet Mice Mice Small birds Small birds Snakes Snakes Grasshoppers Grasshoppers Dragonflies Dragonflies Other insects Other insects

Capture Methods Mechanical stuffed owl, Recorded owl call, Dho- gaza Net Mechanical stuffed owl, Recorded owl call, Dho- gaza Net Bal-chatri trap Bal-chatri trap Hand grabbing Hand grabbing

Dho-gaza Net Net drops down to cradle kestrel Net drops down to cradle kestrel No birds have been injured No birds have been injured

Banding Sizes

Processing Chicks

Processing Adults

Brood Patch Males brood about 30% of the time Males brood about 30% of the time Some develop brood patch Some develop brood patch

Education Nest site fidelity Nest site fidelity Natal dispersal Natal dispersal Clutch success rates Clutch success rates Educate public with help from other researchers and volunteers Educate public with help from other researchers and volunteers

The Release

Percent of boxes occupied by American Kestrels in central Wisconsin from Our study has not shown a significant drop.

Clutch size, number hatched, and number of fledglings from successful AMKE nest boxes in central WI.

We would like to thank the WDNR, Greg Dahl, Jim Keir, the Citizen-Based Monitoring Partnership Grant Program, Eric Anderson, Eugene Jacobs, the Aldo Leopold Audubon Society, D. Haessly and all of our volunteers for making this research possible.

Number of young American Kestrels produced per nest attempt from central Wisconsin.