Chick diet and daily activity pattern of Common Murres and Black-legged Kittiwakes at Bluff seabird colony, Norton Sound, Alaska

At Bluff seabird colony, Norton Sound, Alaska, Common Murres (Una aalge) fed their chicks with mostly blenmes in the afternoon. Parents of Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tndactyla) 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 t...

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Main Authors: Watanuki,Yutaka, Naito,Yasuhiko, Schauer,Jay
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: National Institute of Polar Research/ National Institute of Polar Research/Dept. of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks 1992
Subjects:
Norton Sound
Polar Biology
Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Biology
Alaska
Online Access:https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=5157
http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00005157/
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Summary:At Bluff seabird colony, Norton Sound, Alaska, Common Murres (Una aalge) fed their chicks with mostly blenmes in the afternoon. Parents of Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tndactyla) 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.

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