Dabbling duck behavior and aircraft activity in coastal North Carolina

Article Abstract:

The reproduction and survival of some waterfowl may be influenced by aircraft noise, which disturbs behavior and habitat use. A proposed expansion of military aircraft activity at Piney Island, NC, has prompted concerns about the effect of noise on wildlife, particularly on the declining American black duck. A new study investigates the responses of dabbling ducks to low-flying aircraft at Piney and Cedar islands, NC. It is concluded that aircraft disturbance has not diminished habitat quality in the areas and that aircraft noise had no apparent effect on time-activity budgets of waterfowl.

Research, Environmental aspects, North Carolina, Wildlife management, Waterfowl, Black duck, Belarus, Air bases

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Effectiveness of spinning-wing decoys varies among dabbling duck species and locations

Article Abstract:

The effectiveness of spinning-wing decoys for nine species of dabbling ducks during 545 experimental hunts were examined in California in 1999-2000, Minnesota in 2002, Manitoba in 2001-2002, Nebraska in 2000-2002, Missouri in 2000-2001 and Arkansas in 2002-2003. The effectiveness of spinning did not differ consistently by age or sex of harvested ducks, thus indicating that the effectiveness of spinning-wing decoys differed among duck species and changed with latitude.

United States, Facilities & equipment, Methods, Usage, Equipment and supplies, Decoys (Hunting), Duck shooting

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Dabbling duck-habitat associations during winter in coastal South Carolina

Article Abstract:

Coastal wetlands are important wintering areas for ducks and 27% of all the dabbling ducks in the Atlantic Flyway winter on the U.S. south Atlantic coast, particularly South Carolina, where a small proportion of the coastal wetlands are managed. A new study investigates the use of unmanaged and managed coastal wetlands for dabbling ducks. It shows that the ducks made more use of managed coastal reserves.

South Carolina, Birds, Animal wintering

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