Species of Trees Used As Roost Places by Bronzed Grackles and Avian Associates at Ames, Iowa

Authors

John C. W. Bliese, Iowa State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

For a number of years, during the summer and fall months, thousands of bronzed grackles and many starlings, cowbirds, and robins have come daily to roost in Ames, Iowa, and then left for the surrounding countryside again in the morning. Roosting has always been in the shade trees of residential areas, but apparently the trees have not been used indiscriminately. Direct observation by the writer since 1949, and comments from local citizens for conditions prior to that time, have indicated that certain trees served as roost places night after night, whereas nearby trees were not used at all.

Publication Date

1953

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

60

Issue

1

First Page

579

Last Page

593

Copyright

©1953 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bliese, John C. W. (1953) "Species of Trees Used As Roost Places by Bronzed Grackles and Avian Associates at Ames, Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 60(1), 579-593.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol60/iss1/81