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| Title: |
Birds of Cape Romanzof |
| Abstract: |
Following a brief reconnaissance in 1994, biologists from
the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge began a detailed inventory of the
birds of Cape Romanzof in 1996. Work has included censusing breeding birds
on a suite of randomly selected study plots in tundra habitats, conducting
breeding bird censuses in two areas of riparian shrub habitats, breeding
biology studies of Golden-crowned Sparrows and paleotropical migrants, inventories
of cliff-nesting raptors, seabird colony censuses, fall mist-netting in
shrub habitats, monitoring King and Steller's Eider migration in the fall,
and documenting Spectacled Eider migration in the spring. |
| Keywords: |
Breeding biology, monitoring, inventory, Golden-crowned
Sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla, paleotropical migrants, seabirds,
raptors, King Eider, Somateria spectabilis, Steller's Eider, Polysticta
stelleri, Spectacled Eider, Somateria fischeri, Cape Romanzof |
| Status: |
Two field seasons (1996-1997) completed. 1998 field work
will focus on breeding biology of paleotropical migrants, particularly Yellow
Wagtails. |
| Duration: |
1996 - Ongoing |
| Location: |
Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site and surrounding Yukon
Delta National Wildlife Refuge lands |
| Region: |
Western Alaska |
| Cooperators: |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Yukon National Wildlife Refuge;
U.S. Air Force; Cornell University. |
| Contacts: |
- Brian McCaffery
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Yukon Delta NWR
- P.O. Box 346, Bethel, AK 99559 USA
- 907-543-3151
- brian_mccaffery@mail.fws.gov
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