Harrier Radio-tagging Techniques and Local and Migratory Movements of Radio-tagged Juvenile Harriers

• Main Author: Beske, Alan E.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources 2019
• Subjects: Feather Mount; Stevens Point; Circus cyaneus
• Online Access: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/79485

The purpose of this study was to determine post-fledging movements of juvenile Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus hudsonius) hatched on the Buena Vista Marsh in central Wisconsin. This necessitated radio-tagging of both adult and nestling harriers. Breeding harriers have adapted poorly to backpack ha...