ARCTIC Observations of Thick-billed Murres (Uria Zomvia) and Other Seabirds

• Main Authors: Stephen R. Johnson, John G. Wardz
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic and is isolated to a greater extent than any other murre; Arctic; Canada; Cape Parry; Mer de Beaufort; Parry; Beaufort Sea; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; uria
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.471.458; http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/2119/2096/

is the only murre colony in the western Canadian Arctic and is isolated to a greater extent than any other murre colony in the world. We conducted a brief but intensive survey of this colony on 1 and 2 August 1979 and recorded over 700 Thick-billed Murres, 16 Black Guillemots and 2 Common Murres. So...