Falcon Research in Greenland, 1973

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Burnham, William A., Ward, F. Prescott, Mattox, William G., Clement, David M., Harris, James T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1974
• Subjects: Buoys; Fast ice; Ice forecasting; Mathematical models; Movement; Sea ice; M'Clure Strait; N.W.T; Parry Channel; N.W.T./Nunavut; Viscount Melville Sound; Nunavut; Greenland; Lone; Parry; Melville Sound; Eyrie; Arctic; Falco peregrinus; gyrfalcon; Ice cap; peregrine falcon
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65908

. During the summer of 1972 a research team initiated the first in-depth study of the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in West Greenland. Eight eyries (nests) of this endangered species were located in an inland sample area of 700 sq. mi. Detailed observations were taken of peregrine breeding beh...