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Supplementary feeding of the reintroduced Red Kite Milvus milvus in UK gardens
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Authors: | Orros, ME, Fellowes, MDE |
| Journal: | Bird Study |
| Volume: | 61 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Date Published: | 2014 |
| ISBN Number: | 0006-3657 |
| Keywords: | Accipitridae, Columba, Columba palumbus, Columbidae, Milvus, Milvus milvus |
| Abstract: | Capsule The provision of meat for garden birds is unusual in the UK but a reintroduced raptor, the Red Kite Milvus milvus, is now regularly fed in some areas. A questionnaire of garden kite feeders revealed that people were most often motivated to feed by a desire to see kites close up and that most provisioning falls within available guidelines. We estimated the median amount of food thought to be taken by kites per kite-feeding garden per day as 21?g, sufficient to support 0.12?0.26 individuals.Capsule The provision of meat for garden birds is unusual in the UK but a reintroduced raptor, the Red Kite Milvus milvus, is now regularly fed in some areas. A questionnaire of garden kite feeders revealed that people were most often motivated to feed by a desire to see kites close up and that most provisioning falls within available guidelines. We estimated the median amount of food thought to be taken by kites per kite-feeding garden per day as 21?g, sufficient to support 0.12?0.26 individuals. |
| URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2014.885491 |
| Short Title: | Bird Study |
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