The Distribution of Larger Species of Birds Breeding on the Coasts of Foxe Basin and Northern Hudson Bay, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Gaston, A.J., Decker, R., Cooch, F.G., Reed, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1986
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animal population; Birds; Parks; Topography; Wildlife habitat; Air Force Island; Nunavut; Foxe Basin region; Hudson Bay region; Prince Charles Island; Arctic; Baie d'Hudson; Baie-d'Hudson; Canada; Foxe Basin; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Arctic birds; Arctique*; Prince Charles island; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65141

Aerial surveys of large birds on the coasts of Foxe Basin and northern Hudson Bay were carried out in late June and early July in 1979, 1983 and 1984. Greatest numbers of birds were seen along low-lying coasts backed by wet lowland tundra, particularly where these merged into extensive inter-tidal f...