Fall survival, movements, and habitat use of American woodcock in ...
Fall survival, movements, and habitat use of American woodcock in ...
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2003 Field Season Report · February 2004 13the non-hunted area <strong>in</strong> Michigan <strong>and</strong> the lightly-hunted area <strong>in</strong> Wiscons<strong>in</strong>. In the nonhuntedarea <strong>in</strong> M<strong>in</strong>nesota, predation was the primary source <strong>of</strong> mortality among birds forwhich the ca<strong>use</strong> <strong>of</strong> death was known, but there were a larger number <strong>of</strong> mortalities forwhich the ca<strong>use</strong> <strong>of</strong> death was unknown.In 2003, hunt<strong>in</strong>g appeared to be the primary ca<strong>use</strong> <strong>of</strong> mortality <strong>in</strong> all 3 states <strong>in</strong>the hunted areas (Table 9), although there were several birds for which the ca<strong>use</strong> <strong>of</strong>mortality is currently unknown. There was 1 mortality (ca<strong>use</strong> unknown) <strong>in</strong> the nonhuntedarea <strong>in</strong> Michigan. Avian predation was the primary ca<strong>use</strong> <strong>of</strong> mortality <strong>in</strong> the nonhuntedarea <strong>in</strong> M<strong>in</strong>nesota, <strong>and</strong> hunt<strong>in</strong>g was the primary ca<strong>use</strong> <strong>of</strong> mortality <strong>in</strong> the lightlyhuntedarea <strong>in</strong> Wiscons<strong>in</strong>.MovementsIn 2002 <strong>and</strong> 2003, movement <strong>and</strong> correspond<strong>in</strong>g <strong>habitat</strong> data were collected for58 AHY female <strong>woodcock</strong> across study sites <strong>in</strong> M<strong>in</strong>nesota, Wiscons<strong>in</strong>, <strong>and</strong> Michigan.The majority (90.9%) <strong>of</strong> distances between sequential daily locations by <strong>woodcock</strong> were