Diet, diel pattern of prey deliveries and prey handling of nesting peregrines (Falco peregrinus) in Norway, as revealed by video monitoring

• Main Author: Bech, Joachim Solheim
• Other Authors: Sonerud, Geir Andreas
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2016
• Subjects: Peregrine falcon; Falco peregrinus; sexual conflict; sexual size dimorphism; video monitoring; diet; parental care; prey handling; prey allocation; prey selection; diel pattern; handling time; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; Norway; Vestfold; Reiret; peregrine falcon; vandrefalk
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2399097

The diet, diel pattern of prey deliveries, and prey handling behaviour of a nesting pair of the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in southeast Norway was studied with video recording equipment at the nest and direct observations of parental behaviour and interactions in the vicinity. The study was...