Evaluation of an extendable pole-net to collect heron eggs in the canopy of tall trees
Colonial Waterbirds
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Abstract
A pole, extendable from 2 to 8 m, with a nylon-mesh collecting net, was used to retrieve eggs from nests of Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) in the canopy of floodplain forests. A total of 200 eggs was collected for contaminant analysis from ten colonies along the upper Mississippi River during the spring of 1993. Low egg breakage (1%) and acceptable survival of embryos in an incubator to pipping (55%) indicated that the device was useful.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Evaluation of an extendable pole-net to collect heron eggs in the canopy of tall trees |
| Series title | Colonial Waterbirds |
| DOI | 10.2307/1521409 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1995 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Waterbird Society |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 120 |
| Last page | 122 |