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    Caitlyn Stromko and Karl Kleiner, York College of Pennsylvania, Department of Biological Sciences, York, PA 17403

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    - Kin associations are common in many migratory bird species and provide benefits like protection, social learning, and knowledge of migration routes. However, little is known about kin associations in owls. - This study used genetic analysis of 40 Northern Saw-whet Owls captured in Pennsylvania and Montana during fall migration to examine whether they maintain kin relationships. - The results found no owls captured together had identical mitochondrial DNA sequences, except one potential sibling pair that was caught in different states. This suggests migratory behavior is instinctual rather than learned from kin for this species.

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    - Kin associations are common in many migratory bird species and provide benefits like protection, social learning, and knowledge of migration routes. However, little is known about kin associations in owls. - This study used genetic analysis of 40 Northern Saw-whet Owls captured in Pennsylvania and Montana during fall migration to examine whether they maintain kin relationships. - The results found no owls captured together had identical mitochondrial DNA sequences, except one potential sibling pair that was caught in different states. This suggests migratory behavior is instinctual rather than learned from kin for this species.

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    - Kin associations are common in many migratory bird species and provide benefits like protection, social learning, and knowledge of migration routes. However, little is known about kin associations in owls. - This study used genetic analysis of 40 Northern Saw-whet Owls captured in Pennsylvania and Montana during fall migration to examine whether they maintain kin relationships. - The results found no owls captured together had identical mitochondrial DNA sequences, except one potential sibling pair that was caught in different states. This suggests migratory behavior is instinctual rather than learned from kin for this species.

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    Caitlyn Stromko and Karl Kleiner, York College of Pennsylvania, Department of Biological Sciences, York, PA 17403

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    - Kin associations are common in many migratory bird species and provide benefits like protection, social learning, and knowledge of migration routes. However, little is known about kin associations in owls. - This study used genetic analysis of 40 Northern Saw-whet Owls captured in Pennsylvania and Montana during fall migration to examine whether they maintain kin relationships. - The results found no owls captured together had identical mitochondrial DNA sequences, except one potential sibling pair that was caught in different states. This suggests migratory behavior is instinctual rather than learned from kin for this species.

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    Do Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) maintain kin associations during fall migration?

    Caitlyn Stromko* and Karl Kleiner !ork College of "ennsyl#ania De$artment of %iological Sciences !ork "& '()*+

    &0stract
    +igrator' birds that maintain post-fledging kin associations often do so to structure the formation of their flocks. Terns, cranes, geese, swans, and other waterfowl are known to migrate together in famil' groups of parents and 'oung. "ittle is known about the kin associations of migrator' owls. 9n this stud', we used a genetic anal'sis to e1amine fort' fall migrating 4orthern Saw-whet $wls (Aegolius acadicus& from (enns'lvania and +ontana to answer the 5uestion0 do 4orthern Saw-whet $wls maintain kin associations during annual migration: - *## nucleotide base pair fragment of the t;4--8lu<control region of the mitochondrial 24- was used to detect closel' related individuals. 4o owls captured in the same net check or on the same night had the same genetic se5uence. $nl' one potential sibling pair based on sharing an identical genetic se5uence was revealed, but the two owls were caught in different states during the same migration 'ear. ,ased on our sampling it does not appear that sibling 4orthern Saw-whet $wls maintain kinship after fledging, suggesting migrator' behavior is instinctual rather than ,ntroduction learned.

    2ethods
    ,reast feathers were sampled from hatch 'ear 4orthern Saw-whet $wls caught in the same net check or on the same night during fall migrations of 2 /-2 6. ,anding stations were located in +ontana (Teton Eount'& and (enns'lvania (Eumberland, 2auphin and Schu'lkill counties&. Total genomic 24- was e1tracted and a *## nucleotide base pair fragment of the t;4-8lu<control region (7igure #& of the mitochondrial 24- was amplified through (E;.
    Sorenson, 2 3

    Discussion

    $wls were more likel' to be different than


    the same.

    ,ased on our sampling it does not appear


    that sibling 4orthern Saw-whet $wls maintain kinship after fledging, suggesting migrator' behavior is instinctual rather than learned.

    $nl' one potential sibling pair based on


    7igure #. 2iagram of a portion of mt24- from Gallus gallus. ,racket indicates region copied b' (E;.

    1iterature Cited sharing an identical genetic se5uence was revealed, but the two owls were caught in -ndersson, and .allander, >. 2 /. Kin selection different +. states during the same migration and reciprocit' in flight formation: ,ehavioral 'ear.
    ?colog' #@(#&0 #@) A #62

    +itochondrial 24- was used for its characteristic maternal inheritance. Sibling owls will 'ield identical nucleotide base se5uences, as ma' closel' related kin. (E; products were purified and se5uenced, and the se5uences were aligned to produce a ph'logenetic tree (7igure 2& to detect closel' related individuals. 7urther alignments were conducted to evaluate genetic relatedness of owls based on the results of the ph'logenetic tree.

    Kin associations in bird species are used to


    promote fitness and to impact social and reproductive behavior. Some birds maintain kinship well after fledging, such as house sparrows, vinous-throated parrotbills, and golden eagles (Tth et al. 2 !, "ee et al. 2 # , $%Toole et al. #!!!&.

    7igure 2. (h'logenetic tree of owls banded at three sites in (enns'lvania and one site in +ontana.

    ,arlow, +. #!!). +ovements of caspian terns (sterna caspia& from a colon' near 9nvercargill, 4ew Bealand, and some notes behavior on their behavior. These data hint at nomadic in 4otornis /@0 #!3 A 22$wls. 4orthern Saw-whet ,lack, >. +. and $wen, +. #!)!. (arent-offspring relationships in wintering barnacle geese. -nimal ,ehavior 3*0 #)* A #!). "ee, >., "ee, C . and Datchwell, ,.>. 2 # . 4atal dispersal and philopatr' in a group-living but noncooperative passerine bird, the vinousthroated parrotbill. -nimal ,ehaviour *!0 # #* A # 23. $%Toole, ".T., Kenned', (."., Knight, ;.". and +c?wen, ".E. #!!!. (ostfledging behavior of golden eagles. .ilson ,ulletin ###(/& 0 /*2 A /** (a'ne, ;.,., (a'ne, ".". and 2oehlert, S.+. #!)*. Song, mate choice and the 5uestion of kin recognition in a migrator' songbird. -nimal ,ehavior 3@0 3@ A /* Sorenson, +.2. 2 3. -vian mt24- primers. -vailable from0 http0<< people.bu.edu<msoren<,ird.mt.(rimers.pdf. -ccessed 2 #2 +arch 2!. Tth, B., ,kon', F., "endvai, -.B., SGab, K., (HnGes, B. and "iker, -. 2 !. .hom do the sparrows follow: The effect of kinship of social preference in house sparrow flocks. ,ehavioural (rocesses )2 0 #*3 A #**

    $ther birds retain no lasting bonds to famil'


    members post-fledging, such as indigo buntings ((a'ne et al. #!)*&.

    /esults

    +igrator' birds that maintain post-fledging kin The fort' owls were sampled from #2 net
    associations often do so to structure the formation of their flocks ("ee et al. 2 # &. Terns, cranes, geese, swans, and other waterfowl are known to migrate together in famil' groups of parents and 'oung (,lack and $wen #!)!, ,arlow #!!), -ndersson and .allander 2 /&. checks across the / banding stations.

    The ma1imum number of hatch 'ear owls in a


    single net check was 3 and the ma1imum number on a night was /.

    This kin-biased behavior is driven b' its


    benefits0 protection against predation and harassment, the development of sociall' facilitated behaviors, such as foraging and e1ploration, and the knowledge of migrator' routes for survival.

    4o owls captured in the same net check or on


    the same night had the same genetic se5uence.

    &cknowledgments
    9 would like to thank Scott .eidensaul and the 4ed Smith Eenter for 4ature and -rt for their support and feather samples from (enns'lvania. The +ontana feathers are courtes' of 8raham 7r'e. 7igure 3. * 3 base pairs blah blah identical owls se5uence

    2espite its importance, few studies have


    investigated the maintenance of kinship among migrator' birds. "ittle is known about the kin associations of owls. (ost-fledging behavior has not been investigated.

    The minimum number of different nucleotide


    bases for owls sampled from the same net check or on the same night was two, and this

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