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SITE NAME
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Karrak Lake, Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary, Nunavut, Canada
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (306) 975-5509/975-4089(fax) // dana.kellett@ec.gc.ca // Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, 115 Perimeter Rd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 0X4, Canada
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| The average mean temperatures for Karrak Lake, Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary, were -6.2 øC (May 20-31), 3.1 øC (June), 14.8 øC (July), and 12.6 øC (August 1-12).
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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Breeding bird phenology: Average nest initiation dates for Ross' Geese and Lesser Snow Geese were 18 June and 17 June, respectively. These dates are notably later than the 14-year averages of 10 and 9 June.
Data for other large birds are as follows: Oldsquaw - nest initiation 15-25 June (median 21 June); Canada Goose - nest initiation 12-23 June (median 17 June); Arctic tern - one laying date of 28 June, parents incubating full clutches on other nests between 24 June and 7 July, one hatch date of 28 June; Red-throated Loon - three nests laying between 26-30 June, parents incubating full clutches on other nests between 27 June and 24 July, one hatch date of 27 July; Herring Gull - one nest laying on 25 June, parents incubating on a full clutch on another nest on 24 June; Glaucous Gull - one nest laying on 30 June, parents incubating on full clutch on other nests between 24 June and 7 July. Breeding success can be evaluated as average.
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