Lead Institution(s): Canadian Wildlife Service
Project Lead: Jean-Pierre Savard
Focal Species: Black Scoter (Melanitta americana), Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata), White-winged Scoter (Melanitta delgandi)
Project Description: The project had three major goals. First to compile and summarize unpublished data on the distribution, abundance and species composition of sea ducks molting in the St. Lawrence estuary and gulf; second, to confirm known molting locations and to locate new ones; and third, to estimate the number of molting birds. Another objective was to determine the seasonal use of important molting sites.
SDJV12 Interim Report FY02
SDJV12 Interim Report FY03
SDJV12 Interim Report FY04
SDJV12 Interim Report FY05
SDJV12 Final Report FY06
Related Publications
Savard, J., A. Reed, and L. Lesage. 2007. Chronology of breeding and molt migration in surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata). WATERBIRDS 30:223–229. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4501821
