Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2011, 59(1), 227-234 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201159010227

Utilization of an video camera in study of the goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) diet

Martin Tomešek1, Lukáš Kratěna2, Petr Čermák1, Karel Tomešek3
1 Ústav ochrany lesů a myslivosti, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika
2 Ústav hospodářské úpravy lesa, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika
3 ZO ČSOP 63/03 Buchlovice, Záchranná stanice volně žijících živočichů Buchlovice, Kostelní 403, 687 08 Buchlovice, Česká republika

In 2009, research was carried out into the food spectrum of goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) by means of automatic digital video cameras with a recoding device in the area of the Chřiby Upland. The monitoring took place at two localities in the vicinity of the village of Buchlovice at the southeastern edge of the Chřiby Upland in a period from hatching the chicks to their flying out from a nest. The unambiguous advantage of using the camera systems at the study of food spectrum is a possibility of the exact determination of brought preys in the majority of cases. As much as possible economic and effective technology prepared according to given conditions was used. Results of using automatic digital video cameras with a recoding device consist in a number of valuable data, which clarify the food spectrum of a given species. The main output of the whole project is determination of the food spectrum of goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) from two localities, which showed the following composition: 89 % birds, 9.5 % mammals and 1.5 % other animals or unidentifiable components of food. Birds of the genus Turdus were the most frequent prey in both cases of monitoring. As for mammals, Sciurus vulgaris was most frequent.

Keywords: goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), species determination, prey

Received: June 24, 2010; Published: July 10, 2014  Show citation

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Tomešek, M., Kratěna, L., Čermák, P., & Tomešek, K. (2011). Utilization of an video camera in study of the goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) diet. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 59(1), 227-234. doi: 10.11118/actaun201159010227
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