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SITE NAME
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Naknek River, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, USA
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (907) 246-1205/(907) 246-6696(f) // susan_savage@fws.gov // Alaska Peninsula / Becharof National Wildlife Refuge PO Box 277, King Salmon, AK 99613 USA
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Naknek Waterfowl Survey
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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17.03
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18.05
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| We have intermittent snow through the winter, so date of snowmelt is not a definitive indicator in this area. Naknek River at King Salmon broke on 23 February, refroze on 3 April and final break-up was on 7 April. Climate summaries by National Weather Service are available at http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?akking and http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?akking.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| This study did not focus on breeding success. However, first arrival dates, date of peak abundance and peak abundance levels were reported and compared against 14 year averages for the same study. In general, peak counts were high (especially for dabblers, geese and swans) and many arrival and peak count dates were early for many species. Peak numbers may have been triggered as weather conditions further north held birds at this staging location. Disturbance data is also recorded. This year bald eagle disturbance events decreased while some human disturbances increased.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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Abundance of any waterfowl species observed was tracked as the major focus of this study. An unpublished report has been completed and is available in English, either paper or PDF version.
Lapinski, S & B. Williamson. 2005. Spring staging waterfowl on the Naknek River, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, March - May 2005. Unpubl. US Fish & Wildlife Service, King Salmon, AK. 39 pp.
Staff also tracked arrival phenology of all birds. These data will not be available until Jan. 2006. This is a spread sheet of annual data with no associated report.
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