The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Volume 121, Number 3
(Jul–Sep 2007)

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Cover photo: A Red-winged Blackbird nest with three blackbird eggs and five Brown-headed Cowbird eggs. The nest was found in a Conservation Reserve Program grassland in Day County, South Dakota. Photographed on 16 June 2005 by Lawrence D. Igl. See article on cowbird parasitism by Igl and Johnson, pages 239-255. [full-size view]
Articles
Brown-headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater, parasitism and abundance in the Northern Great Plains — LAWRENCE D. IGL and DOUGLAS H. JOHNSON
Abstract [PDF]
239
Wolf, Canis lupus, behavior in areas of frequent human activity — ELLEN HEILHECKER, RICHARD P. THIEL, and WAYNE HALL, JR.
Abstract [PDF]
256
Influence of gender and den type on home range shape for Striped Skunks, Mephitus mephitis, in Saskatchewan — SERGE LARIVIERE, DAVID HOWERTER, and FRANCOIS MESSIER
Abstract [PDF]
261
Road-kill of mammals in Nova Scotia — DAVID FUDGE, BILL FREEDMAN, MICHAEL CROWELL, TONY NETTE, and VINCE POWER
Abstract [PDF]
265
Third census of seabird populations of the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, 2002 — RICHARD COTER and JEAN-FRANCOIS RAIL
Abstract [PDF]
274
Sixteenth census of seabird populations in the sancturaries of the North Shore of the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, 2005 — JEAN-FRANCOIS RAIL and RICHARD COTER
Abstract [PDF]
287
Discovery of a possibly relict outbreeding morphotype of Sparrow’s-egg Lady’s-slipper Orchid, Cypripedium passerinum, in southwestern Yukon — PAUL M. CATLING and BRUCE A. BENNETT
Abstract [PDF]
295
Twenty-four hour activity budgets of Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus, in the aspen parkland of eastcentral Alberta — G.W. KUZYK and R.J. HUDSON
Abstract [PDF]
299
Cavity nest materials of Northern Flying Squirrels, Glaucomys sabrinus, and North American Red Squirrels, Tamiascius hudsonicus, in a secondary harwood forest of southern Ontario — JESE E.H. PATTERSON, STEPHEN J. PATTERSON, and JAY R. MALCOLM
Abstract [PDF]
303
Depredation of Common Eider, Somateria mollissima, nests on a central Beaufort Sea barrier island: A case where no one wins — JOHN A. REED, DEBORAH L. LACROIX, and PAUL L. FLINT
Abstract [PDF]
308
Management implications of molt migration by Atlantic Flyway resident population Canada Geese, Branta canadensis — SUSAN E. SHEAFFER, RICHARD A. MALECKI, BRYAN L. SWIFT, JOHN DUNN, and KIM SCRIBNER
Abstract [PDF]
313
Recovery of DNA from footprints in the snow — LOVE DALEN, ANDERS GOTHERSTROM, THOMAS MEIJER, and BETH SHAPIRO
Abstract [PDF]
321
Notes
A River Otter’s, Lontra cadadensis, capture of a Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, in British Columbia’s Gulf Island waters — MICHAEL H.H. PRICE and CLARE E. ARIES
Abstract [PDF]
325
Winter occurrences of Ivory Gulls, Pagophila eburnea, in inland Labrador — TONY E. CHUBBS and FRANK R. PHILLIPS
Abstract [PDF]
327
Northern Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis, exploits a Beagle Hound, Canis familiaris, as a "beater" to catch a Snowshoe Hare, Lepus americanus — JOHN T. NEVILLE
Abstract [PDF]
329
Giant Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis, remains in Canada and an overlooked report from Ontario — C. RICHARD HARINGTON
Abstract [PDF]
330
A late born White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus, in southcentral Wisconsin — CHRISTOPHER N. JACQUES, WILLIAM E. ISHMAEL, TIMOTHY R. VAN DEELEN, and ROBERT E. ROLLEY
Abstract [PDF]
333
Book Reviews [PDF]
ZOOLOGY: Evolution and Biogeography of Australian Vertebrates — A Wildkife Guide to Chile — Ecology & Evolution in the Tropics: A Herpetological Perspective — Fossil Ecosystens of North America: A Guide to the Sites and Their Extraordinary Biotas — Headless Males Make Great Lovers — State of North America’s Birds of Prey — Owls of the United States and Canada: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Benavior — Owls of North America — The Tree of Life: A Phylogenetic Classification — Biology of the Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) — Wildlife of North America: A Naturalist’s Lifelist336
BOTANY: Grasses of Colorado — The Macrolichens of New England — Wild Plants of Eastern Canada344
MISCELLANEOUS: Sods, Soil, and Spades: The Acadians at Grand Pre and their Dykeland Legacy347
NEW TITLES 347
News and Comment
Marine Turtle Newsletter (117) July 2007 — The Boreal Dip Net/L’epuosette boreal 11(2) Summer 2007 — Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada Annual Meeting and Awards349
Minutes of the 128th Annual Business Meeting of The Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club Tuesday 9 January 2007350
Advice to Contributors 358
Mailing date: 31 December 2008

ISSN: 0008-3550



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