Recent Breeding Success of Richardson's Merlin in Saskatchewan
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Abstract
Records for 96 nestings of the Merlin (Falco columbarius richardsonii) in Saskatchewan from 1970-77 were analyzed.An average of 4.0 yg./pair were raised by 47 successful pairs.Current reproductive levels in Saskatchewan indicate that the recent concern over F.c. richardsonii in comparison to the other two subspecies is perhaps unwarranted.1975).Recently a small breeding population of this Merlin established itself in the city of Saskatoon, a fairly high density of nesting Merlins was found on a segment of the North Saskatchewan River, and Merlins were found nesting successfully again near Kindersley.These findings prompted a study of the present population status of this bird in Saskatchewan.Methods Breeding data were collected for Merlins nesting in southern Saskatchewan for the period 1970-77.Two major study areas were established, one in the city of Saskatoon (1972-77) and the other along a 40-km stretch of the North Saskatchewan River near Saskatoon (1975-77).The data from our work in these two areas were supplemented by information from the Prairie Nest Records Scheme and reports from private individuals.Pairs of Merlins were located in the city each year by visiting previously known nest sites and following up reports of Merlins seen in the city.Merlins nesting in the city were intensively studied throughout the breeding season (1973-77).The river survey was conducted primarily by canoe.An initial survey was made in early May to locate potential breeding birds and a second was made in late May, during ineubation, to confirm the location of the nest sites.The nests were generally not dimbed at these times.A third trip to band young and determine reproductive sueeess was made in late June or early July when the young were 2-4 weeks old.35
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".