Factors Affecting Prey Choice and Diel Activity in Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) Nesting in SE Norway

• Main Author: Hansen, Silje Klo
• Other Authors: Sonerud, Geir A.
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: osprey; pandion haliaetus; prey choice; diel activity; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Norway; Brama; Reiret; Gjedde; Pandion haliaetus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2461324

Prey deliveries and prey handling were video recorded at two ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) nests in Sarpsborg municipality, south – eastern (SE) Norway, during the nestling period in May – August 2016. The males delivered most prey while the female did the brooding and most of the feeding. The female...