Courtship Behaviour of Short-eared Owl

Snowy Owl Predation on Short-eared Owls

A problem confronting Snowy Owls (Nyctea scandiaca) in their southern incursions is the shortage of food. This difficulty is raised by the presence of other raptors that feed on small mammals. This note shows how little food is found by migrant Snowy Owls and indicates a complex temporary ecological solution. At Tatoosh Island, Washington (48”24’ N, 124” 44’ W) on 25 November 1973, we observed ...

Status of the Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) in Alberta

Genetic divergence analysis of the Common Barn Owl Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) and the Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) from southern Chile using COI sequence

In this paper new mitochondrial COI sequences of Common Barn Owl Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) and Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) from southern Chile are reported and compared with sequences from other parts of the World. The intraspecific genetic divergence (mean p-distance) was 4.6 to 5.5% for the Common Barn Owl in comparison with specimens from northern Europe and Australasia...

Social context-dependent modification of courtship behaviour in Drosophila prolongata.

Induction of alternative mating tactics by surrounding conditions, such as the presence of conspecific males, is observed in many animal species. Satellite behaviour is a remarkable example in which parasitic males exploit the reproductive investment by other males. Despite the abundance of parasitic mating tactics, however, few examples are known in which males alter courtship behaviour as a c...

DIFFERENTIAL mIGRATION BY SEx IN NORTH AmERICAN SHORT-EARED OWLS

Differential migration of the sexes is known in over 60 bird species and may be the predominant pattern in migratory birds. Identifying the causes of differential migration has been difficult, in part because sex-specific migratory patterns have yet to be described for a majority of species. We used the Internet specimen-data portal Ornis to compile sex-specific data on the seasonal distributio...