Noteworthy Records of Mammals from the State of Queretaro, Mexico

Abstract

context, male bobwhites seemed to seek out whistling posts where canopy coverage of brush within 30 m averaged about 20% and where visual screening from 12 to 20 dm aboveground averaged 20 to 40%. We suspect that males also selected for overhead cover at perch sites. The mean height of whistling posts exceeded the mean height of perch sites on both areas (Table 1). Also, 79% of vocalizing males (n = 61) had overhead cover at the perch site. Lastly, there was consistency between areas in height of perch site suggesting males prefer to display about 1.5-2.5 m aboveground. The pooled mean was 2.1 m (SE = 0.24).