Food Theft in the Presence of Abundant Food in Herring Gulls

The Condor ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey S. Lebaron ◽  
Frank H. Heppner
Keyword(s):  
Herring Gulls ◽  
Abundant Food ◽  
Food Theft

scholarly journals Correction to: Winter home range and habitat selection differs among breeding populations of herring gulls in eastern North America

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M. Anderson ◽  
H. Grant Gilchrist ◽  
Robert A. Ronconi ◽  
Katherine R. Shlepr ◽  
Daniel E. Clark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
North America ◽  
Home Range ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Herring Gulls ◽  
Breeding Populations

Fatal Entanglements of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and Common Terns (Sterna hirundo)

The Auk ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter P. Nickell
Keyword(s):  
Larus Argentatus ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
Herring Gulls ◽  
Common Terns

Temporal Comparisons of Encounters of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) Banded as Chicks in Eastern Newfoundland, Canada

Waterbirds ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (sp1) ◽  
pp. 159-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory J. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Larus Argentatus ◽  
Herring Gulls

scholarly journals Courtship feeding, food sharing, or tolerated food theft among paired Red-crested Pochards (Netta rufina)?

2000 ◽  
Vol 141 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan A. Amat
Keyword(s):  
Food Sharing ◽  
Courtship Feeding ◽  
Food Theft

scholarly journals The herring gull Larus argentatus as a likely transmitting agent of Salmonella montevideo to sheep and cattle

1983 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Coulson ◽  
J. Butterfield ◽  
C. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Circumstantial Evidence ◽  
Larus Argentatus ◽  
Herring Gull ◽  
Breeding Area ◽  
Original Source ◽  
Herring Gulls ◽  
Wintering Area

SUMMARYThis paper presents evidence for the involvement of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) as vectors in the recent outbreaks of Salmonella montevideo in sheep and cattle in Scotland and suggests that the transfer can take place over considerable distances. The breeding area in Scotland of herring gulls which overwinter in N.E. England is remarkably similar to the geographical distribution of the outbreaks. This pattern, together with the feeding behaviour of herring gulls on farmland, the presence of S. montevideo in herring gulls just before their departure from the wintering area and the timing of the return just before the peak of outbreaks are all circumstantial evidence implicating this gull in the outbreaks. The rapid return of these gulls to their breeding areas means that S. montevideo can be transported long distances in one day and raises the possibility that the original source of S. montevideo could have been in N. E. England rather than in Scotland.

scholarly journals The origins of Herring Gulls wintering inland in south-east England

Bird Study ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. I. Stanley ◽  
T. Brough ◽  
M. R. Fletcher ◽  
N. Horton ◽  
J. B. A. Rochard
Keyword(s):  
Herring Gulls ◽  
South East England

scholarly journals Does environmental contamination influence egg coloration? A long-term study in herring gulls

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1055-1063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Hanley ◽  
Stéphanie M. Doucet
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Contamination ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Herring Gulls ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
Egg Coloration

Habitat and breeding cycle of the Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) on Sable Island, Nova Scotia

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 2880-2898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward H. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Parental Behavior ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Species Range ◽  
Larus Argentatus ◽  
Breeding Cycle ◽  
Herring Gulls ◽  
Egg Incubation ◽  
Breeding Failure

Sable Island, Nova Scotia, is the southernmost significant nesting area of the Least Sandpiper. Many birds nest around a single pond complex, which supports a lush vegetation that is heavily grazed by horses. Nests occur there and in nearby dry, sparsely vegetated habitat. Birds start arriving by mid-May (males first), and clutches (including replacement clutches) are completed in a period of 4–5 weeks, from late May to late June. Most eggs are laid in the morning, at intervals averaging 1.2 days. Incubation increases gradually through laying and is ~100% beginning with the last egg. Incubation lasts 20–21 days. Nest and chick mortality is high, mostly due to predation by Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus). Mortality of siblings is contagious. Females which nest successfully begin to migrate south by late June, followed by successful males in early July; individuals of both sexes are seen for about 3 days after the completion of parental behavior. Unsuccessful breeders leave earlier, and fledglings later. On average, males are seen for about 10 days and females for about 7 days following final breeding failure. Adults and fledglings tend to flock assortatively in late summer. General features of the breeding cycle seem to be highly conservative throughout the species' range.

Responsiveness of young herring gulls to stimuli from their own and other species: effects of training with food

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 1452-1457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger M. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Visual Stimulus ◽  
Normal Development ◽  
Larus Argentatus ◽  
Herring Gull ◽  
Vocal Responses ◽  
Herring Gulls ◽  
Species Effects ◽  
Initial Tendency ◽  
Food Conditioning

Young herring gulls (Larus argentatus) are known to emit vocalizations and approach their mew-calling parents when the latter return lo the colony with food for their chicks. In contrast, laboratory-reared young deprived of experience with adults approach and vocalize only rarely lo parental mew calls, although they will respond more strongly to the mew calls of two other species. These results suggest that posthatch experience, such as receipt of food from a calling parent, may be important for the normal development of responses to species typical calls. I tested the effects of food training by exposing young herring gulls, in the laboratory, lo mew calls during feedings. By 7 days of age, responses to herring gull calls increased significantly for young trained with these calls, and the initial tendency for the young to respond selectively to mew calls of the ring-billed gull (L. delawarensis) was reversed. Food training also influenced approach and vocal responses to a visual stimulus (my hand) used to deliver food. Results suggest that approach and vocal responses of young herring gulls may be strongly and adaptively influenced by food conditioning during the first few days after hatching.

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