Aerial Survey of Wintering Sea Ducks in Northern British Columbia
Project Number: 69
Year Funded: 2005
Lead Institution(s): US Fish and Wildlife Service
Project Lead: John Hodges
Collaborator(s): Deb Groves (USFWS), Andre Breault (CWS)
Location: British Columbia
Focal Species: All Sea Ducks, Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica), Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus), Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), King Eider (Somateria spectabilis), Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri), Steller’s Eider (Polysticta stelleri), Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator), Black Scoter (Melanitta americana), Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata), White-winged Scoter (Melanitta delgandi)
Project Description: The proposed Nai Kun wind farm project was situated in a unique and expansive shallow water shelf off the northeast coast of Graham Island. Good sea duck abundance and distribution information was anticipated to be necessary for project planning, monitoring of effects, and developing an experimental design for future projects of this type. The objective of this project was to intensively survey the shallow water shelf on the northeast coast of Graham Island to determine the distribution and abundance of sea ducks.
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