The spring migration pattern of arctic birds in southwest Iceland, as recorded by radar

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Author: GUDMUNDSSON, GUDMUNDUR A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1993
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Greenland Icecap; Arctic birds; Arenaria interpres; Branta bernicla; Brent goose; Calidris canutus; Iceland; Sanderling
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1993.tb02828.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1993.tb02828.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1993.tb02828.x

A surveillance radar in southwest Iceland was recorded by time‐lapse filming in order to monitor the migration pattern of birds departing from or passing Iceland on their way to high‐arctic breeding grounds in late May and early June 1988–1990. An overwhelming majority of the radar echoes from migra...