Lead Institution(s): US Fish and Wildlife Service
Collaborator(s): Lynne Dickson (CWS), Debbie Groves (USFWS), Ed Mallek (USFWS), SDJV, AGJV, CFC, MFC
Focal Species: Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
Project Description: During summers of 2005-2011, the SDJV, Arctic Goose Joint Venture, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service, Central Flyway Council, Mississippi Flyway Council, and other partners conducted aerial surveys of migratory birds throughout a large expanse of important lowland habitats in Canada’s Arctic. These efforts and those of previous helicopter surveys were drawn upon to begin development of an operational survey of migratory birds in these regions. In 2011, we strove for a comprehensive survey effort, covering the most important high waterbird density areas surveyed since 2005, obtaining replicates of areas surveyed only once previously (Banks and Southampton islands), and expanding survey coverage to very important waterbird nesting areas on Baffin Island’s Great Plain of the Koukdjuak. Completing these tasks, cooperators have completed baseline data collection and will move forward to evaluate recent trends in breeding populations of priority species and develop a survey design for continued monitoring of Arctic-nesting waterfowl and associated species.
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Related Publications
Garrettson PR, Kruse KL, Moser TJ, Groves DJ. 2020. Exploratory surveys of migratory birds breeding in the western and central Canadian Arctic 2005–2011. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 11(1):321–340; e1944-687X. https://doi.org/10.3996/092019-JFWM-082
Groves, D.J. and E.J. Mallek. 2011. Migratory Bird Surveys in the Canadian Arctic 2009. Unpublished Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Management. 35p. https://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/FWS/2011/1128294513.pdf
