Table 1.
The percentage of birds of prey admitted to the Clinique des oiseaux de proie in Quebec that had been poached with the use of firearms, categorized according to the species and in relation to the season received (n = 4805)
| Percentage of shot birds (birds shot/total birds) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Total | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
| Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) | 29.8 (37/124) | 54.0 (27/50) | 14.3 (6/42) | 12.5 (4/32) | 0 (0/0) |
| Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) | 29.2 (14/48) | 33.3 (4/12) | 26.7 (4/15) | 30.0 (6/20) | 0 (0/1) |
| Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) | 18.8 (39/208) | 20.0 (8/40) | 14.3 (1/7) | 15.2 (19/125) | 30,6 (11/36) |
| Northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) | 15.9 (10/63) | 4.8 (1/21) | 0 (0/6) | 31.6 (6/19) | 17.6 (3/17) |
| Rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus) | 15.4 (24/156) | 11.5 (3/26) | 0 (0/10) | 17.6 (19/108) | 16.7 (2/12) |
| Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | 13.6 (11/81) | 9.1 (1/11) | 11.8 (2/17) | 17.1 (7/41) | 8.3 (1/12) |
| Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) | 11.5 (42/365) | 14 (6/43) | 4.0 (4/101) | 15.4 (31/201) | 5.0 (1/20) |
| Barred owl (Strix varia) | 10.3 (21/204) | 3.1 (1/32) | 0 (0/27) | 19.5 (15/77) | 7.4 (5/68) |
| Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) | 8.3 (2/24) | 0 (0/1) | 33.3 (1/3) | 5.6 (1/18) | 0 (0/2) |
| Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) | 8.1 (44/545) | 3.4 (4/116) | 4.9 (8/162) | 15.6 (23/147) | 7.5 (9/120) |
| Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) | 9.1 (9/99) | 7.1 (1/14) | 0 (0/40) | 18.4 (7/38) | 14.3 (1/7) |
| Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) | 7.3 (9/124) | 15.4 (2/13) | 1.1 (1/91) | 30.0 (6/20) | 0 (0/0) |
| Great gray owl (Strix nebulosa) | 6.1 (3/49) | 5.9 (1/17) | 0 (0/1) | 15.4 (2/13) | 0 (0/18) |
| Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii) | 5.3 (7/131) | 5.9 (1/17) | 1.8 (1/55) | 16.1 (5/31) | 0 (0/28) |
| Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) | 3.7 (7/189) | 0 (0/29) | 0 (0/69) | 3.3 (2/60) | 16.1 (5/31) |
| Boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) | 3.2 (2/62) | 0 (0/15) | 0 (0/5) | 14.3 (2/14) | 0 (0/28) |
| Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) | 2.3 (8/341) | 6.1 (5/82) | 0 (0/192) | 6.8 (3/44) | 0 (0/23) |
| Merlin (Falco columbarius) | 2.2 (9/413) | 3.4 (2/59) | 2.1 (6/285) | 1.9 (1/52) | 0 (0/17) |
| Broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) | 2.1 (4/194) | 10.7 (3/28) | 0.7 (1/153) | 0 (0/12) | 0 (0/1) |
| Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) | 2.0 (1/51) | 0 (0/12) | 0 (0/33) | 20.0 (1/5) | 0 (0/1) |
| Long-eared owl (Asio otus) | 1.5 (1/66) | 0 (0/23) | 0 (0/17) | 4.8 (1/21) | 0 (0/5) |
| American kestrel (Falco sparverius) | 0.6 (4/666) | 0 (0/135) | 0.4 (2/450) | 2.2 (1/45) | 2.8 (1/36) |
| Northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus) | 0.6 (2/326) | 0 (0/50) | 0 (0/75) | 0.6 (1/172) | 3.4 (1/29) |
| Other speciesa | 0 (0/276) | 0 (0/40) | 0 (0/39) | 0 (0/117) | 0 (0/80) |
| Total birds admitted | 6.4 (310/4805) | 7.9 (70/886) | 2.0 (37/1895) | 11.4 (163/1432) | 6.8 (40/592) |
| Total radiographed birds | 10.6 (280/2636) | 13.1 (64/490) | 3.5 (33/946) | 17.2 (151/880) | 10.0 (32/320) |
a
Eastern screech owl (Megascops asio) n =166; short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) n = 107; gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) n = 2; barn owl (Tyto alba) n = 1.