Seabird Colonies and Distributions around Devon Island and Vicinity

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Nettleship, David N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1974
• Subjects: Eye disorders; Tuberculosis; Canadian Arctic; Arctic; Baillie; Cornwallis; Devon Island; Dundas; Fulmar; Lancaster Sound; Fulmarus glacialis; Glaucous Gull; Larus hyperboreus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65912

Nineteen glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) colonies, two Thayer's gull (L. thayeri) colonies, and three fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) colonies were recorded during one intensive, and several short, aerial surveys around Devon Island in the summer of 1972. Observations were also made of distributions of seabirds at sea and at colonies on some adjacent islands (Dundas, Margaret, Baillie-Hamilton, and Cornwallis). Only 2 of the 29 colonies examined have been described previously. The great importance of Lancaster Sound to the present and future welfare of arctic seabirds is discussed.