White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) predation on grassland songbird nestlings
American Midland Naturalist
By: Pamela J. Pietz and Diane A. Granfors
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Abstract
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were videotaped depredating four songbird nests in grassland habitats in southeastern and northcentral North Dakota, 1996-1999. Deer ate two Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis), two grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), one clay-colored sparrow (Spizella pallida), one red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) and three brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) nestlings. Deer removed nestlings quickly (5-19 sec/nest) at night (22:00 to 05:17 Central Daylight Time) and left no evidence of predation. Although probably opportunistic, deer predations clearly were deliberate and likely are more common than generally believed.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) predation on grassland songbird nestlings |
| Series title | American Midland Naturalist |
| DOI | 10.1674/0003-0031(2000)144[0419:WTDOVP]2.0.CO;2 |
| Volume | 144 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | University of Notre Dame |
| Contributing office(s) | Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 419 |
| Last page | 422 |
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