Mortality at a Night Roost of Great-tailed Grackles and European Starlings During a Spring Hail Storm

David W. Hall; Tiffany M. Harvey

doi:10.1676/05-150.1

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David W. Hall,^*,**,*** Tiffany M. Harvey^*

^*School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0930, Austin, TX 78712, USA
^**Current address: Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Life Sciences Complex, Athens, GA 30602, USA
^***Corresponding author; davehall@uga.edu

Abstract

We report on mortality caused by an evening hailstorm to a night-time roost of Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) and European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in Austin, Texas. The hailstorm was of short duration (6 min), and hail stones were not too large (most <20 mm in diameter). Approximately 7% of female grackles, 12% of male grackles, and 26% of starlings died. Greater mortality in male grackles suggests that preferred roost locations were more exposed to hail.

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David W. Hall and Tiffany M. Harvey "Mortality at a Night Roost of Great-tailed Grackles and European Starlings During a Spring Hail Storm," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119(2), 309-312, (1 June 2007). https://doi.org/10.1676/05-150.1

Received: 28 November 2005; Accepted: 1 September 2006; Published: 1 June 2007

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