Reproductive success of ospreys at two sites in Connecticut

• Main Authors: O'Neill, Donna Christine, Askins, Robert A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1998
• Subjects: aggressive behavior; comparative study; Connecticut; food availability; human disturbance; nesting success; Pandion haliaetus; Pandionidae; predation impact; prey availability; reproduction; productivity; reproductive success; sibling aggression; Osprey; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Life Sciences; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Byrd; Long Island; Long Island Sound; osprey
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/biofacpub/23; https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1022&context=biofacpub

Nest success rates and rates of fish delivery to nests were determined for two large Osprey populations in COlmecticut, one at Groton Reservoir, Groton, and one at Great Island, Old Lyme, during 1996 and 1997. Between 1993 and 1996 these Osprey populations had substantially different rates of nest s...