Avian Assemblages at Bird Baths: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Bird Baths in Australia.

ABSTRACT: Private gardens provide habitat and resources for many birds living in human-dominated landscapes. While wild bird feeding is recognised as one of the most popular forms of human-wildlife interaction, almost nothing is known about the use of bird baths. This citizen science initiative explores avian assemblages at bird baths in private gardens in south-eastern Australia and how this differs with respect to levels of urbanisation and bioregion. Overall, 992 citizen scientists collected data over two, four-week survey periods during winter 2014 and summer 2015 (43% participated in both years). Avian assemblages at urban and rural bird baths differed between bioregions with aggressive nectar-eating species influenced the avian assemblages visiting urban bird baths in South Eastern Queensland,

SUBMITTER: Cleary GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4786105 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature