Mass Occurrence of the Duck Hawk (Falco peregrinus anatum) in the Mountains of North Carolina

The Auk ◽  
1930 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-564
Author(s):  
Alexander Sprunt, ◽  
James J. Murray

The Auk ◽  
1912 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-102


The Condor ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Burnham ◽  
Calvin Sandfort ◽  
James R. Belthoff

AbstractEggs (n = 367) collected from wild Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum) nests between 1976 and 1990 in Colorado and New Mexico were artificially incubated and hatched. We retrospectively examined these data for variation in egg length, breadth, and initial mass of hatchlings to resolve questions about relationships among egg size, chick size, and sex; and egg size related to first and second clutches and years. Egg length and breadth were significantly related to chick mass at hatching. Neither egg size nor hatchling mass were related to sex. Egg breadth slightly increased and then decreased over the years eggs were collected, which possibly reflects a re-established and then aging wild falcon population or other environmental variation. We also evaluated clutch sex ratios relative to theory based on sexual size dimorphism and local resource competition. Sex ratios did not significantly differ from 1:1 within first or second clutches separately or when combined. Thus, Peregrine Falcons in this population apparently did not skew clutch sex ratios in accordance with local resource competition or Fisherian theory.Huevos de Halcones Peregrinos: Tamaño, Sexo de los Pichones y Proporción de Sexos en la NidadaResumen. Huevos (n = 367) colectados de nidos silvestres de halcones peregrinos (Falco peregrinus anatum) entre 1976 y 1990 en Colorado y New Mexico fueron incubados artificialmente hasta eclosionar. Examinamos esos datos retrospectivamente en cuanto a la variación en la longitud y ancho del huevo y el peso inicial de los pichones para contestar preguntas sobre las relaciones entre tamaño del huevo, tamaño del pichón y sexo, y entre el tamaño del huevo con relación a primeras y segundas nidadas y años. La longitud y el ancho del huevo estuvieron significativamente relacionados con la masa del pichón al eclosionar. El tamaño del huevo y el peso del pichón no estuvieron relacionados con el sexo. El ancho de los huevos aumentó ligeramente y luego disminuyó a través de los años en que los huevos se colectaron, lo que posiblemente refleja una población silvestre de halcones re-establecida y posteriormente senescente, u otro tipo de variación ambiental. También evaluamos la proporción de sexos en las nidadas con relación a la teoría basada en el dimorfismo sexual de tamaño y la competencia local por recursos. Las proporciones de sexos no difirieron significativamente de 1:1 entre primeras o segundas nidadas separadamente o de forma combinada. Por tanto, los halcones peregrinos en esta población aparentemente no sesgaron la proporción de sexos en sus nidadas de acuerdo a la competencia local por recursos o a la teoría Fisheriana.



1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra. Rowell ◽  
David P. Stepnisky ◽  
◽  




2014 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
Carl Savignac ◽  
Marc Bélisle

Occupant historiquement des parois naturelles pour la nidification, le faucon pèlerin (Falco peregrinus anatum/tundrius) du sud du Québec utilise maintenant aussi les parois des carrières industrielles. Aucune étude récente n’a encore décrit l’habitat naturel de nidification ou comparé les 2 types d’habitat. À l’aide de données provenant de photographies et d’observations sur le terrain, nous avons comparé plusieurs caractéristiques de l’habitat de nidification de 25 carrières et de 39 sites naturels occupés entre 1995 et 2013 dans le sud du Québec. Les parois de carrières utilisées par les faucons pèlerins diffèrent des parois naturelles principalement par une orientation générale des nids vers le nord et le nord-ouest, contrairement au sud dans les milieux naturels, par une plus faible couverture en arbres et arbustes sur la surface des parois, par des plateformes de nidification situées plus haut sur les parois, par une plus faible proportion de surplombs rocheux au-dessus des nids et par une plus grande proximité des nids à un plan d’eau. De plus, dans les 2 types d’habitat, le tiers des nids de faucon pèlerin était d’anciens nids de grands corbeaux (Corvus corax). L’importance biologique de ces différences pour la nidification du faucon pèlerin est discutée.



Itinerario ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Leroy Oberg

In August of 1587 Manteo, an Indian from Croatoan Island, joined a group of English settlers in an attack on the native village of Dasemunkepeuc, located on the coast of present-day North Carolina. These colonists, amongst whom Manteo lived, had landed on Roanoke Island less than a month before, dumped there by a pilot more interested in hunting Spanish prize ships than in carrying colonists to their intended place of settlement along the Chesapeake Bay. The colonists had hoped to re-establish peaceful relations with area natives, and for that reason they relied upon Manteo to act as an interpreter, broker, and intercultural diplomat. The legacy of Anglo-Indian bitterness remaining from Ralph Lane's military settlement, however, which had hastily abandoned the island one year before, was too great for Manteo to overcome. The settlers found themselves that summer in the midst of hostile Indians.



2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sena Crutchley

This article describes how a telepractice pilot project was used as a vehicle to train first-year graduate clinicians in speech-language pathology. To date, six graduate clinicians have been trained in the delivery of telepractice at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Components of telepractice training are described and the benefits and limitations of telepractice as part of clinical practicum are discussed. In addition, aspects of training support personnel involved in telepractice are outlined.



Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document