CHICK DIET AND DAILY ACTIVITY PATTERN OF COMMON MURRES AND BLACK-LEGGED KITTI- WAKES AT BLUFF SEABIRD COLONY

(Uria aalge) fed their chicks with mostly blennies in the afternoon. Parents of Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) shifted chick guarding duties at any time of day. Foraging trip time of the murres at Bluff (3.6 hr) was about 1.4-3.3 times longer than other colonies in boreal areas. 1.

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Main Authors: Norton Sound Alaska, Yutaka Watanuki, Yasuhiko Naito, Jay Schauer
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
rissa tridactyla
Uria aalge
uria
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.605.4870
http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~penguin/polarbiosci/issues/pdf/1992-Watanuki.pdf
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Summary:(Uria aalge) fed their chicks with mostly blennies in the afternoon. Parents of Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) shifted chick guarding duties at any time of day. Foraging trip time of the murres at Bluff (3.6 hr) was about 1.4-3.3 times longer than other colonies in boreal areas. 1.

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