Observations of Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) and Other Seabirds at Cape Parry, Amundsen Gulf, N.W.T.

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Johnson, Stephen R., Ward, John G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Animal population; Sea birds; Thick-billed Murres; Canadian Beaufort Sea; Parry Peninsula; N.W.T; Parry; Cape; Arctic; Canada; Cape Parry; Mer de Beaufort; Northwest Territories; Amundsen Gulf; Arctique*; Beaufort Sea; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65171

The Thick-billed Murre colony near Cape Parry, Northwest Territories, Canada, is the only murre colony in the western Canadian Arctic and is isolated to a greater extent than any other murre colony in the world. We conducted a brief but intensive survey of this colony on 1 and 2 August 1979 and reco...