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RESPONDENT
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Richard Cotter
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SITE NAME
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Ungava Peninsula, Canada
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WEATHER
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Weather conditions: |
Spring temperatures in 2006 were mild and breeding areas were largely free of snow by early May, leading to a second consecutive year of earlier than average nesting phenology in much of the Atlantic population Canada Geese range. The proportion of indicated pairs observed as singles (62%) surpassed the 2005 record-high level, suggesting another excellent nesting effort this year. The mean nest initiation date (average of all 6 sites) in 2006 was 21 May, which is 3 days earlier than last year and 5 days earlier than the long-term average (1997-2006).
A total of 126 nests of Canada Gees were found within the 6 sites surveyed along Ungava Bay, with a mean clutch size of 4.03, slightly higher than the long-term yearly average of 3.97. Nest densities on the Ungava Peninsula study areas in 2006 were slightly above average. Productivity of Atlantic population Canada Geese on the Ungava Peninsula in 2006 should be average to good.
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BIOTIC
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