Loon abundance and behaviour over four decades at a remote ecological reserve on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Authors: Reimchen, Thomas, Douglas, Sheila
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2021
• Subjects: Common Loon; Gavia immer; Gasterosteus; Drizzle Lake; dystrophic; Ecological Reserve; Haida Gwaii; Red-throated Loon; Gavia stellata; predation; Arctic; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/2617; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v135i1.2617

Early studies (1976–1982) of the Drizzle Lake Ecological Reserve on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia focussed on the endemic Giant Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and their predators. These surveys showed daily visits to the small lake (110 ha) by up to 59 adult non-breeding Common Loon...