Attentiveness and Inattentiveness in the Nesting Behavior of the House Wren

Baldwin, S. Prentiss; Kendeigh, S. Charles

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“…For species that are known egg acceptors (Payne ), the iButton circuit, battery and storage unit could be encapsulated in egg‐shaped casings that could be painted with species‐specific color markings to assess differences between egg temperature and nest temperature (Hoover et al ). Nest attendance patterns could also be estimated precisely using temperature loggers that continuously record temperature (Baldwin and Kendeigh ), especially by coupling direct observations with iButtons set to short recording intervals (Cooper and Phillips , Schneider and McWilliams ). Because the memory size of iButtons is still limited (8,192 bytes), continuous recording of temperature is still impractical.…”

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Temperature loggers decrease costs of determining bird nest survival

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2014

Wildl. Soc. Bull.

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We tested whether temperature loggers (iButtons 1 ) placed inside bird nests could be used to estimate the date the nest hatched or failed and compared their efficiency and cost to observational data. Temperature loggers were more precise (approx. 1 hr error vs. 1-3-days error for researcher visit) in estimating fate date for 28 nests of 15 species of birds monitored in the Champlain Valley of Vermont (USA) between May and August 2010. Our nest sample represented a wide range of nest characteristics, and considerably expanded the range of species whose nests have been monitored successfully with temperature data loggers. The use of iButtons would have reduced the number of visits to the nest by 15%, decreasing disturbance, and allowing for more time spent searching for additional nests, or for employment of a smaller field crew. Ó

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Temperature loggers decrease costs of determining bird nest survival

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2014

Wildl. Soc. Bull.

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“…We first used thermocouples and a recording potentiometer to obtain continuous day and night records of bird activities at the nest (Baldwin and Kendeigh, 1927), but we have since developed the instrument to do accurate temperature work.…”

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“…Our first work on this study of the physiology of the temperature of birds was done in 1926. Aside from a brief description of method (Baldwin and Kendeigh, 1927), and a short report describing the development of temperature control in nestling house wrens (Kendeigh and Baldwin, 1928), we have published nothing on bird temperature up to this time (1932). The present con-…”

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Physiology of the temperature of birds

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Kendeigh²

1932

Scientific Publications of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

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Average temperature of female birds on the nest during incubation Fluctuation in body temperature from day to day . Daily rhythm in body temperature Experimental control and reversal of daily temperature rhythm Mechanism of Temperature Control BODY TEMPERATURE OF NESTLING BIRDS . Poikilothermic (Cold-blooded) Stage in the Development of Warm-blooded Animals Development of Temperature Control in Young Birds .

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“…We used continuously recording temperature sensors in eggs to directly measure nocturnal nest attendance patterns of Common Terns. Sensors have been used in nests to measure nest air temperature (Baldwin and Kendeigh 1927, Farner 1958, Kendeigh 1963, Norton 1972), and in eggs and dummy eggs to measure incubation temperatures (Huggins 1941, Kossack 1947, Norton 1972, Snelling 1972, Varney and Ellis 1974) for decades. Temperature sensors have been designed with various levels of complexity based on the technology available at the time of each study and the specific needs of the study.…”

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Use of temperature sensors to monitor patterns of nocturnal desertion by incubating Common Terns

Arnold

Sabom

Nisbet³

et al. 2006

J Field Ornithology

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Adult Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) reportedly respond to nocturnal predation by deserting colonies from the time of disturbance until dawn the following morning. However, direct evidence for this behavioral response is limited because the nocturnal behavior of individual terns is difficult to monitor due to low visibility and the vulnerability of terns to disturbance at night. We monitored the nocturnal incubation behavior of 10 pairs of nesting Common Terns using continuously recording temperature sensors disguised in dummy eggs and placed in the nests. Changes in egg temperature during the night suggested that a range of desertion behaviors occurred in response to visits by a Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) that preyed on chicks and adult terns. As many as three desertion events (desertion at one or more nests in a single 12-min period) were detected on a single night and nests were unattended for an average of 54 min (range 8-352 min) per desertion event. Nest temperature sensors allowed us to detect individual responses to nocturnal predators and to determine that desertion behavior was more varied than previously assumed. Desertion events were most frequent when physical evidence indicated the presence of an owl in the colony and during nights after owl predation, suggesting that desertion is a response to the actual risk of predation as well as to the possibility of predation. SINOPSIS. Uso de censores de temperatura para monitorear, durante la noche, los patrones de abandono de nido por individuos de Sterna hirundoSe ha informado a adultos de Sterna hirundo, en la etapa de incubación, abandonar la colonia durante la noche como respuesta a disturbios causado por depredadores. La evidencia directa para esta conducta esta limitada, porque es dificil el monitorear las aves durante la noche, debido a la poca luz a la vulnerabilidad de las colonias al disturbio. Monitoreamos la conducta nocturna de incubación de 10 parejas que estaban anidando, utilizando un sensor de monitoreo continuo de temperatura (bitácora electrónica de temperatura), camuflageado en forma de huevo. Cambios en la temperatura de la bitacora durante la noche sugieren que hubo abandono de los nidos en respuesta a la visita de un buho (Bubo virginianus) que depredó tando adultos como pichones. Al menos tres eventos de abandono de nidos (uno o más en un periodo de 12 minutos) fueron detectados en una misma noche y dichos nidos no fueron atendidos por un periodo promedio de 54 minutos (alcance 8-352 minutos) por periodo de deserción. Las bitácoras electrónicas de temperatura nos permitieron determinar la respuesta de individuos a depredadores nocturnos y documentar que la conducta de abandono era más variada que lo previamente asumido. Los eventos de deserción resultaron más frecuentes cuando la evidencia física indicó la presencia de un buho en la colonia y durante noches posteriores a la depredación. Esto sugiere que el abandono de colonias es una respuesta al riesgo inmediato de depredación como también a la probabilidad de ser depredado.

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Attentiveness and Inattentiveness in the Nesting Behavior of the House Wren

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Temperature loggers decrease costs of determining bird nest survival

Temperature loggers decrease costs of determining bird nest survival

Physiology of the temperature of birds

Use of temperature sensors to monitor patterns of nocturnal desertion by incubating Common Terns

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