Observations on the Breeding Behaviour of Phalaropes

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Höhn, E.O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1968
• Subjects: Athapascan Indians; Subsistence; Kuskokwim River region; Alaska; Arctic; Canada; Chesterfield Inlet; Northwest Territories; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; The Islets; Anas acuta; Archipelago; Baker Lake; Black guillemot; Branta canadensis; Canada Goose; Cepphus grylle; eskimo*; Keewatin; Kuskokwim; Phalaropus fulicarius; Red Phalarope; Sterna paradisaea; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66296

On 27 May 1967, I reached the settlement of Chesterfield Inlet (Igluliarjuk), Keewatin, Northwest Territories. No phalaropes were seen in the district until 13 June. On that day, red phalaropes (Phalaropus fulicarius) in considerable numbers and some northern phalaropes (P. lobatus) were seen at sea...