Do Sora Nests Protect Red-winged Blackbirds from Marsh Wren Predation?

Leanne A. Grieves; Scott Forbes

doi:10.1676/1559-4491-124.1.188

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Leanne A. Grieves,^1,2 Scott Forbes^1,*

¹1Department of Biology, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9, Canada
²2Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada

^*Corresponding author; e-mail: s.forbes@uwinnipeg.ca

Abstract

We report an apparent protective effect of neighboring Sora (Porzana carolina) nests on Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) nests in an experimental study. We suggest that quail eggs used in Sora nests acted as a supernormal stimulus drawing Marsh Wrens (Cistothorus palustris), the main predator in the system, from Red-winged Blackbird nests.

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Leanne A. Grieves and Scott Forbes "Do Sora Nests Protect Red-winged Blackbirds from Marsh Wren Predation?," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124(1), 188-190, (1 March 2012). https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-124.1.188

Received: 16 August 2011; Accepted: 6 January 2012; Published: 1 March 2012

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