Within-year nest reuse in open-nesting, solitary breeding passerines

Authors

  • Inge Hafstad
  • Bård Gunnar Stokke
  • Johan Reinert Vikan
  • Jarkko Rutila
  • Eivin Røskaft
  • Arne Moksnes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/on.v28i0.190

Abstract

During fieldwork at Lake Sic (46°57’N, 23°54’E), Romania, in the summer of 2003, we observed a strange incident of nest reuse in the Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus. After first laying a complete clutch of five eggs and then ejecting an experimentally added parasite egg together with two of its own eggs, a new clutch was initiated in the same nest. In Tana (70°16’N, 28°19’E), Norway, in June 2003, we observed a similar incident in the Brambling Fringilla montifringilla. In a nest that was completely depredated when 3-4 eggs had been laid, a new clutch was initiated 8-9 days later. This is as far as we know the first time nest reuse has been documented in Great Reed Warblers and Bramblings.

Published

2005-01-01

How to Cite

Hafstad, I., Stokke, B. G., Vikan, J. R., Rutila, J., Røskaft, E., & Moksnes, A. (2005). Within-year nest reuse in open-nesting, solitary breeding passerines. Ornis Norvegica, 28, 58–61. https://doi.org/10.15845/on.v28i0.190

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