Orientation, Migration Routes and Flight Behaviour of Knots, Turnstones and Brant Geese Departing from Iceland in Spring

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Alerstam, T., Gundmundsson, G.A., Jönsson, P.E., Karlsson, J., Lindström, Å.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1990
• Subjects: bird migration; orientation; timing; flight behaviour; flocking; Calidris canutus; Arenaria interpres; Branta bernicla; Iceland; migration; époque; comportement en vol; volée; Islande; Brant; Canada; Greenland; Arctic; brant goose; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64667

Flight behaviour and orientation of 303 flocks (31,200 individuals) of migrating Knots and Turnstones and 77 flocks (3200 individuals) of Brant Geese departing from Iceland towards Nearctic breeding grounds were recorded during three spring seasons 1986-88. Flocks were tracked by telescope and optic...