1 / 57

Big Game

Big Game. Most big game species underwent population fluctuations since European settlement, with often critically low numbers in late 1800’s early 1900’s, with some recovery since then Many occur now only in fragments of their historic ranges,

amiel
Download Presentation

Big Game

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Big Game Most big game species underwent population fluctuations since European settlement, with often critically low numbers in late 1800’s early 1900’s, with some recovery since then Many occur now only in fragments of their historic ranges, Some have local populations high enough to cause environmental damage For all species, human-wildlife interactions are increasingly key to population health and survival Increasing need to think in terms of populations rather than species 10 Big Game species in AZ

  2. Elk Issues: Overabundance and Ecological Impacts Predator Interactions (Yellowstone) Vehicular collisions

  3. White-tailed deer Issues: Overabundance/Ecological Effects Managing urban pops

  4. Black tailed deer Mule deer Issues: Declining populations nationwide

  5. Javelina (collared peccary) Issues: Human-wildlife interactions Decline outside US

  6. Pronghorn Issues: Grazing vs predation in declining pops Habitat fragmentation (fences, highways, development) Sonoran pronghorn recovery

  7. Bighorn Issues: Maintaining isolated small pops Corridors? Desert bighorn Dall sheep Rocky Mountain Bighorn

  8. Bison Issues: Brucellosis in Yellowstone herd Native to AZ and fate of House Rock herd?

  9. Puma Issues: Human-Puma interactions Estimating pop size Recovery of Florida Panther

  10. Black bear Issues: Bear-human interactions Methods of take

  11. Male display Wild turkey Issues: Expansion and maintenance of populations

  12. Caribou

  13. Moose

  14. Mountain goat

  15. Abert (tassel-eared) squirrel Red squirrel Cottontail rabbit Az grey squirrel

  16. Scaled quail Gambel’s quail Bobwhite quail Mearn’s (harlequin) quail

  17. Introduced game birds Ring-necked pheasant Chukar

  18. Native grouse and ptarmigan Ruffed grouse – deciduous forests of N and NE Ptarmigan - High elevation Rockies Alaska, Canada Blue grouse – High elevation

  19. Lesser Prairie Chicken Plains states Sharp-tailed grouse – High plains, Dakotas, Nebraska, etc Sage grouse - sage brush areas of western states

  20. Mourning dove White-winged dove Collared Dove INVASIVE! Band-tailed pigeon

  21. Waterfowl

  22. Waterfowl – migratory game birds Trumpeter swan Tundra swan

  23. White-fronted goose

  24. Canada Goose

  25. Snow goose (blue and white color phases) Snow (left) vs. Ross (right)

  26. Brant

  27. Dabbling or surface ducks

  28. Green-winged teal (drake and hen)

  29. Blue-winged teal drake

  30. Cinnamon teal

  31. Northern Shoveller drake and hen

  32. Mallard drake and hen

  33. Black duck drake

  34. Gadwall drake

  35. American widgeon drakes

  36. Northern Pintail drake

  37. Wood duck drake and hen

  38. Diving or Bay ducks

  39. Canvasback drake and hen I’m a wedgehead

  40. I’m a ballhead Redhead drake

  41. Ring-necked duck drake (“I’m a snazzy diver!”)

  42. Lesser scaup drake AKA “bluebill”

  43. Common goldeneye hen (left) Common goldeneye drake below

  44. “I make black and white look good!” Bufflehead drake and hen

  45. Drake and hen Ruddy (male displaying) Ruddy duck drake in Spring

  46. Common Merganser Hen (top) Drake (bottom)

  47. Waterfowl migratory flyways

  48. Common Snipe - long bill long legs

  49. Woodcock aka “stumpy”

More Related