Movements, Habitat Use, and Feeding Ecology of sea ducks in the Atlantic Flyway

Project Number: 4

Year Funded: 2005

Lead Institution(s): USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Project Lead: Matthew Perry

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Collaborator(s): USFWS, CWS

Location: Chesapeake Bay

Focal Species: Black Scoter (Melanitta americana), Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)

Project Description: The migrational pathways and critical habitats used by seaducks in the Atlantic Flyway are in need of further research, in particular, determination of the breeding and molting areas of surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) and black scoters (Melanitta nigra).