Habitat use and characteristics of Connecticut Warbler during the nesting and post-fledging period

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https://doi.org/10.13020/4a56-ma06
https://hdl.handle.net/11299/257421

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Connecticut Warbler

lowland conifer forests

nest-site selection

post-fledging habitat

species of concern

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2019-06-01
2020-08-01

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2020-08-01

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Habitat use and characteristics of Connecticut Warbler during the nesting and post-fledging period

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2023-10-09

Authors

Grinde, Alexis

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Avian Ecology Lab

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Grinde, Alexis
agrinde@d.umn.edu

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Field Study Data

Abstract

Widespread declines in breeding bird populations have been documented across North America since the 1970s and concerns for loss of avian biodiversity are growing. Species with narrow habitat preferences are of particular conservation concern. Connecticut Warblers (Oporornis agilis) breed in forests in central Canada and around the western Great Lakes; throughout much of its breeding range, this species is associated with lowland black spruce (Picea mariana) and tamarack (Larix laricina) forests. Population trends of Connecticut Warblers indicate they are one of the most rapidly declining bird species in North America; but the species is understudied because they occur in relatively low densities across their breeding range. To better understand the breeding ecology of Connecticut Warblers, we studied their nesting and post-fledging habitat use and survival in northern Minnesota, USA at two study sites in 2019 and 2020. We mapped territories of 49 singing males, located and monitored 11 nests, and tracked the post-fledging movements of individuals from 5 broods. Nest sites were located in lowland-conifer stands with a semi-open canopy and dense understory. The average fledging age was 7.5 days post-hatch and the individuals (n= 14) tracked during 0-7 days post-fledging had a mean daily distance from nests of 35.5 m and a maximum distance from nest of 104 m during that time period. Connecticut Warblers were not observed making movements of greater than 100 m from the nest until 7 days post-fledge. . Our findings indicate that micro-site areas with high stem density were important features for post-fledgling birds and that the same habitats were used for breeding and the post-fledging time period. Results from this study can be used by managers to develop conservation strategies that will provide critical habitat to support this species.

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These data were collected as a part of an effort to study the nesting ecology of Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis). The fledgling_vegetation_data and associated fledgling_vegetation_metadata file contains vegetation survey data that was collected at points where juvenile birds were located along with random points that were located 30 m away from the used areas. These data were used to compare difference in fine scale habitat use. The nestling_measurements and nestling_measurements_metadata files contain information related to nestling measurements that were collected when birds were banded and tagged with radio-transmitters.

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Grinde, AR, Kolbe, SR, Snow, KG, Howland, BS, Niemi, G, Slesak, RA. 2023. Habitat Use and Characteristics of Connecticut Warbler during the Nesting and Post-Fledging Period. Journal of Field Ornithology, 94(4).
https://doi.org/10.5751/JFO-00331-940402

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Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund

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Grinde, Alexis. (2023). Habitat use and characteristics of Connecticut Warbler during the nesting and post-fledging period. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.13020/4a56-ma06.

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