BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 2004


RESPONDENT

Jim Richards

SITE NAME

Cambridge Bay, Victoria Island, Canada

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
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PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology:

Weather conditions:

It was very cold, very wet and very windy.

 

Season temperature: cold
Season humidity:
Date of 50% snow-cover:
Date of ice-break on rivers:
Date of final loss of snow:

BIOTIC CONDITIONS

Rodents abundance evaluation:

Breeding conditions:

That overall numbers of birds present at the end of June was down by at least 60%. Of those there only a small percentage were actually nesting. In past years species such as Semipalmated Sandpipers were usually found at a rate of 4-6 nests per day with normal walking. This year I found one nest in 16 days!
 

Rodent dynamics:

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Source(s):

Pittaway, R. 2004. Few Juvenile Shorebirds - Failed Arctic Breeders. Archives of BIRDWG01@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU. http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0408B&L=birdwg01&P=R320&D=0&H=0&I=-3&O=T&T=0. Accessed 11.11.2004.

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