A First Count of Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) and Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) Breeding on Bylot Island

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Authors: Gaston, Anthony J., Cyr, Marc-Andre, O'Dononvan, Kieran
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2017
• Subjects: Population census; Bylot Island; Nunavut; Thick-billed Murre; Uria lomvia; Black-legged Kittiwake; Rissa tridactyla; Sirmilik National Park; Cape Graham Moore; Cape Hay; Arctic; Moore Cape; rissa tridactyla; thick-billed murre; uria
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1953; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v131i1.1953

Bylot Island, part of Sirmilik National Park, supports two major breeding colonies of intermingled Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) and Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla): at Cape Hay near the northwest tip and at Cape Graham Moore at the opposite end of the island. Although the size of the...