|
Wildlife
tree user guild |
Feeding
guild |
Predator
example |
Prey
example |
General
remarks |
|
Birds
of prey |
Eagles
Hawks
Falcons
Owls |
Golden
eagle |
Rabbits
Hares
Rodents |
Rodents,
such as voles and hares are the most common food item of 13 of the
17 species in this group. |
|
Bark-foraging
birds |
Sapsuckers
Woodpeckers
Northern flicker
Nuthatches
Brown creeper |
Black backed woodpecker |
Bark
beetles
(e.g., Mountain pine beetle) |
Forest
insects make up >=75% of the diet volume in 11 of the 15 species
in this group. |
|
Foliage-gleaning
birds |
Chickadees
Warblers |
Black-capped
chickadee |
Moths
Budworms
Loopers
Beetle
Weevils |
Forest insects
are the most common food item of the 4 species in this group.
All 4 species
are known to eat a variety of pest insects. |
|
Aerial-foraging
birds |
Flycatchers
Swallows
Bluebirds
Flammulated owl
Lewis woodpecker
Vaux's swift
Purple martin |
Violet-green
swallow |
Beetles
(e.g., western pine beetle) |
Insects
make up >=75% of the diet volume in 9 of the 10 species in this
group. |
|
Aerial-foraging
bats |
Myosis
spp.
Big brown bat
Silver-haired bat
Pallid bat
Hoary Bat |
Big
brown bat |
Beetles
Moths |
All 12 species
in this group are insectivorous.
Investigation
of specific pest species consumed are underway |
|
Small
mammals |
Mice
Chipmunks
Bushy-tailed wood rat
Shrew |
Wandering
shrew |
Moths
(e.g., spruce budworm) |
Insects comprise
part of the diet of at least 6 of 12 species in this group; 4 species
are known to consume pest insects.
Fungi are the
predominant food for several species. |
|
Small
mammals |
Martens
Weasels |
Pine
marten |
Voles
Squirrels |
Small
mammals such as martens subsist mainly on mice, squirrels and voles. |
