Nest construction during autumn display and winter roosting in the Tree Sparrows Passer montanus

• Autorzy: Pinowski J , Pinowska B. , Chernetsov N. , Romanowski J. , Sierakowski K.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Budowa gniazd podczas zalotow jesiennych i nocowanie zima w skrzynkach legowych u mazurka

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A study of Tree Sparrows was conducted near Warsaw, central Poland. During the breeding season, nest boxes were checked to record the presence of Tree Sparrow nests and broods. Nestlings, juveniles, and adults captured in mist nets were ringed with different combinations of colour rings to identify their age during visual observations in the autumn sexual display period. Before the autumn display, breeding nests were dyed in order to identify nest material added during the autumn display period. In winter, nest boxes were inspected to catch the birds roosting in them at night. The study was conducted in optimal and marginal habitat types. In the optimal habitat during the autumn sexual display, adult birds were much more abundant than in the marginal habitat. During the breeding season, 41% of the nest boxes were occupied in the optimal habitat, compared with 8% in the marginal habitat. The respective figures during the autumn display were 95% and 45%. Autumn nests were built in 83% and 12% of the nest boxes, respectively, and in winter, 35% and 7% of nest boxes, respectively, were used by birds for night-time roosting at night. The autumn display continued from early September to the end of October. For roosting at night in winter (November-March), Tree Sparrows selected nests according to their insulating quality. Most often they roosted in nest boxes containing nests from the breeding season with autumn nests built over them, then, in descending order of frequency, in nest boxes with autumn nests built in empty boxes, in boxes with breeding nests, and in completely empty boxes. Among birds roosting at night and captured on the first survey in winter, 86% were represented by pairs that had built those nests during the autumn display. Young birds that did not build autumn nests typically roosted at night in tree crowns. This implies that the construction of autumn nests is primarily a consequence of the autumn sexual display, and secondarily may be an adaptation for winter survival. The winter survival rate was significantly higher in juvenile Tree Sparrows that were found in nest boxes on winter nights than in those that were not.

PL

Mazurki odbywają zaloty jesienne, tworzą pary i budują gniazda jesienne, w których następnie nocują w czasie zimy. Stopień zaawansowania budowy gniazda zależy od terminu utworzenia pary, a ten zależy od wieku ptaków. Bardziej zawansowaną konstrukcję gniazda budują ptaki stare i młode z pierwszego lęgu. W kolonii marginalnej, w której mazurki gnieździły się tylko sporadycznie, zaloty jesienne odbywały prawie wyłącznie ptaki młode zajmując połowę skrzynek, jednak gniazda jesienne zbudowane zostały tylko w kilku skrzynkach. Wskazuje to, że para w okresie zimowym ze zbudowanym w czasie zalotów jesiennych gniazdem związana jest dwojako; jako z miejscem snu i jako z gniazdem z okresu zalotów i dlatego mazurki w kolonii marginalnej, gdzie odbywały zaloty prawie wyłącznie ptaki młode, zbyt późno rozpoczynające zaloty jesienne aby mogły zbudować gniazdo jesienne, nocowały w koronach drzew i krzewach, a prawie nigdy w skrzynkach. W kolonii optymalnej znaczna część ptaków przylatujących na nocleg także nie nocowała w skrzynkach, prawdopodobnie były to ptaki młode. Determinantem nocowania w skrzynce lęgowej jest utworzenie pary i zbudowanie gniazda jesiennego. Dobór naturalny faworyzuje ptaki stare i młode z wczesnych lęgów, które wcześnie przystępują do zalotów jesiennych i budują gniazda jesienne zapewniające lepsze schronienie w okresie zimy, w porównaniu z ptakami młodymi z późniejszych lęgów, które nie budują gniazd jesiennych i nie nocują w skrzynkach.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

nest box; ornithology; Tree Sparrow; autumn nest; winter roosting; nest construction; Passer montanus; bird; autumn-winter period; survival rate; autumn sexual display

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Ornithologica
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: 43
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.185-195,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Pinowski J

• Polish Academy of Sciences, Dziekanow Lesny, 05-092 Lomianki, Poland

autor

Pinowska B.

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Chernetsov N.

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Romanowski J.

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Sierakowski K.

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