Unifying the coast: Advancing image-based surveys to support sea duck conservation along the Pacific Flyway

Jun 4, 2025 | News

Sea ducks can be a difficult species to study. From their remote breeding sites to their long-distance migrations, frequent movements, and use of many habitats, they can be hard to find, and even more difficult to monitor.  For years, scientists have approached sea...

Evaluating the Pathogenesis of Avian Influenza Virus in Priority Sea Ducks

Apr 29, 2025 | Sea Duck Project

SDJV Student Fellowship Feature: Emily Burt, Ecological, social, and evolutionary factors that promote conspecific brood parasitism in the Red-breasted Merganser

Mar 31, 2025 | News

Emily with a Red-breasted Merganser Emily Burt attends McGill University, where she is a PhD student studying Red-breasted Mergansers. Her research investigates the ecological, social, and evolutionary factors that lead to and promote conspecific brood parasitism in...

Satellite radio tracking of black scoters caught in the Restigouche River, New Brunswick, Canada

Mar 12, 2025 | Sea Duck Project

SDJV17 Interim Report FY02 Related Projects Atlantic and Great Lakes Sea Duck Migration Study

Characterization of annual migration and habitat use of Black Scoters staging on the Alaska Peninsula

Mar 11, 2025 | Sea Duck Project

SDJV33 Interim Report FY03 Related Projects SDJV 38: Assessment of the Pacific Black Scoter Population Bowman, T.D., S.G. Gilliland, J.L. Schamber, P.L. Flint, D. Esler, W.S. Boyd, D.H. Rosenberg, J-P.L. Savard, M.C. Perry, and J.E. Osenkowski. 2021. Strong evidence...