Observations on the Behaviour of Certain Arctic Birds
Report on observations on 14 species of birds (loons, old squaw, ptarmigan, plover, jaegers, sandpipers, phalarope, gulls, tern) made in Mackenzie District in summer 1955, mostly near the mouth of the Anderson River (69 59 N, 129 W). Calls, alarm or distraction behavior, play, courtship, attack real...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66786 2023-05-15T14:19:21+02:00 Observations on the Behaviour of Certain Arctic Birds Höhn, E.O. 1958-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66786 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66786/50699 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66786 ARCTIC; Vol. 11 No. 2 (1958): June: 69–132; 93-101 1923-1245 0004-0843 Evolution (Biology) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1958 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:36Z Report on observations on 14 species of birds (loons, old squaw, ptarmigan, plover, jaegers, sandpipers, phalarope, gulls, tern) made in Mackenzie District in summer 1955, mostly near the mouth of the Anderson River (69 59 N, 129 W). Calls, alarm or distraction behavior, play, courtship, attack real or feigned, display flights, etc., are noted. Two general observations are included: on distraction displays and falcon hunting habits in the presence of a human intruder. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic birds Arctic University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic ARCTIC 11 2 93 |
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Report on observations on 14 species of birds (loons, old squaw, ptarmigan, plover, jaegers, sandpipers, phalarope, gulls, tern) made in Mackenzie District in summer 1955, mostly near the mouth of the Anderson River (69 59 N, 129 W). Calls, alarm or distraction behavior, play, courtship, attack real or feigned, display flights, etc., are noted. Two general observations are included: on distraction displays and falcon hunting habits in the presence of a human intruder. |
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Observations on the Behaviour of Certain Arctic Birds |
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