[wisb] stress on owls from a too-close approach
- From: william mueller <wpmueller1947@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:46:56 -0600
Please try to observe Snowies from a distance - it's safer for them.
Remember that many of these are young birds, are relatively unwary, and
often have no experience with humans. Too many people approaching too close
can stress them and ultimately harm them.
Here's a list of research papers that discuss stress to birds (and other
wildlife) from human observers, and repeated contact.
"I'm just sayin'"...
Swarthout, E. C H. and R. J. Steidl. 2001. Flush responses of Mexican
Spotted Owls to recreationists. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:312?317.
I.-A. Bisson, L. K. Butler, T. J. Hayden, P. Kelley, J. S. Adelman, L. M.
Romero, M. C. Wikelski. (2011) Energetic response to human disturbance in
an endangered songbird. *Animal Conservation
*Richardson, C. T. and C. K. Miller. 1997. Recommendations for protecting
raptors from human disturbance: a review. Wildlife Society Bulletin 25:634?
638.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2005.0908-8857.03658.x/full
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96240.x/abstract
Knight, R. L. and S. A. Temple. 1995. Wildlife and recreationists:
coexistence through management. Pages 327?333 *in* Wildlife and
recreationists: coexistence through management and research (R. L. Knight
and K. J. Gutzwiller, Eds.). Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Gabrielsen, G. W. and E. N. Smith. 1995. Physiological responses of
wildlife to disturbance. Pages 95?107 *in* Wildlife and recreationists:
coexistence through management and research (R. L. Knight and K. J.
Gutzwiller, Eds.). Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Fernández-Juricic, E., M. D. Jimenez, and E. Lucas. 2001. Alert distance as
an alternative measure of bird tolerance to human disturbance: implications
for park design. Environmental Conservation 28:263?269
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1579/0044-7447%282008%2937%5B408:EMFRAO%5D2.0.CO%3B2
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159106002073
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320706002266
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320703004014
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0300962989907536
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1676/03-110
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00372.x/full
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William P. Mueller
Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory
Project Coordinator, Milwaukee BIOME Project
wpmueller1947@xxxxxxxxx
414-698-9108
Milwaukee, WI
BIOME Project online: http://milwbiomeproj.wordpress.com/
Blog:http://futureofbirds.blogspot.com/
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