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- Title
Least Bittern Nesting Sites at Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee.
- Authors
Winstead, Nicholas A.; King, Sammy L.
- Abstract
Relatively little is known about Ixobrychus exilis (Least Bittern) nesting sites. We searched for Least Bittern nests on Reelfoot Lake and nearby Black Bayou Waterfowl Refuge, TN, May-July 2003. We located 8 nests at Reelfoot Lake, where Decodon verticillatus (swamp loosestrife) dominated emergent communities. We also discovered 2 nests at Black Bayou, where Zizaniopsis miliacea (giant cutgrass) dominated emergent communities. D. verticillatus was the dominant plant species within 60 m of most nests. Z. miliacea dominated within 5 m of most nests, and most nests were made of Z. miliacea. We found a nest with 2 white-colored chicks and 2 ochre-colored chicks, which may be the first such instance reported.
- Subjects
REELFOOT Lake (Tenn.); TENNESSEE; LEAST bittern; NESTS; ANIMAL habitations; CHICKS; WATERFOWL
- Publication
Southeastern Naturalist, 2006, Vol 5, Issue 2, p317
- ISSN
1528-7092
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[317:LBNSAR]2.0.CO;2