Figure 5. Habitat use by Secretarybirds observed in the CAR project in (a) summer and (b) winter.

Data are presented for the 16 precincts for which there were sufficient data for habitat selection analyses. Numbers in brackets following the precinct name give the total number of birds recorded in that precinct in surveys conducted in that season, from the start of counts in that precinct until summer 2013. “Agric Land” consists mainly of ploughed, burned and mowed land but also includes other miscellaneous types of farmland; “stubble” indicates harvested crop fields, “crops” includes all cultivated crops, orchards and vineyards, and “veld” indicates natural vegetation.