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If the citizens and politicians of the Treasure
Valley are serious about preserving the wildlife that makes this area
special--such as our Birds Of Prey population--we must protect their
habitats. Raptors nest in the Dry Creek Valley. A BLM study points out that
the nesting areas must be maintained, and its use limited in the non-nesting
season. Below are key parts of that study:
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DISPERSAL AND MIGRATION OF SOUTHWESTERN
IDAHO RAPTORS
Effective management of bird
populations is based on an understanding of their requirements and limiting
factors throughout the year. Identification of migratory patterns and
wintering areas is an important step in achieving this understanding....
Recoveries and sightings of raptors
that had left their natal territories in southwestern Idaho indicate 3
distinct migration strategies. With few exceptions, Golden Eagles are
year-round residents in southwestern Idaho. Prairie Falcons leave
southwestern Idaho immediately after the nesting season, and apparently use
widely separated nesting, post-nesting, and wintering areas.
Red-tailed hawks remain in Idaho during the post-nesting period, but travel
south as far as Mexico and Guatemala in late fall and winter. All 3
species have a tendency to return to breed in the general area where they
were hatched.
Management of the southwestern
Idaho nesting populations should consider possible limiting
factors in areas that are used in the non-nesting season.
BY KARENS TEENHOFM, ICHAELN . KOCHERSAt, ND MARC Q.
MORITSCH from BLM's Snake River Birds of Prey Research Project on Idaho
Raptor Movements http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/JFO/v055n03/p0357-p0368.pdf
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