RDN
@rdnielsen@floss.social
Retired environmental scientist (biology/oceanography), data analyst, data manager. Mostly posting links related to #Environment, #Nature, #DataAnalysis, #DataVisualization, #FLOSS, #Health, #Fitness, #Psychology, #USPolitics Posts auto-delete after one year. Some posts are compiled at https://dblog.vitumbre.tech/dart/ under the "Links" topic. Avatar by @orbite
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GPS tracking of 13 pygmy falcons during the breeding season for three years found that each pair foraged over less than 1 km^2. This is only 1/14th that of the Lesser Kestrel, but consistent with expectations from allometry.
Summary: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1133639
Original paper: https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-raptor-research/volume-60/issue-3/jrr2553/Breeding-Home-Range-of-the-Pygmy-Falcon--The-Smallest/10.3356/jrr2553.full
Researchers have yet to determine definitively whether this is the cutest raptor.
#Science #Falcon #PygmyFalcon #Raptors #Birds #Breeding #Foraging