Migration Patterns and Wintering Range of Common Loons Breeding in the Northeastern United States
| Autor: | Kevin P. Kenow, David Adams, Nina Schoch, David C. Evers, William Hanson, Dave Yates, Lucas Savoy, Timothy J. Fox, Andrew Major, Robert Kratt, John Ozard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | Waterbirds. 32:234-247 |
| ISSN: | 1938-5390 1524-4695 |
| DOI: | 10.1675/063.032.0204 |
| Popis: | A study, using satellite telemetry, was conducted to determine the precise migration patterns and wintering locations of Common Loons (Gavia immer) breeding in the northeastern United States. Transmitters were implanted in 17 loons (16 adults and one juvenile) that were captured on breeding lakes in New York, New Hampshire, and Maine during the summers of 2003, 2004, and 2005. Transmitters from ten of the birds provided adequate location data to document movement to wintering areas. Most adult loons appeared to travel non-stop from breeding lakes, or neighboring lakes (within 15 km), to the Atlantic coast. Adult loons marked in New Hampshire and Maine wintered 152 to 239 km from breeding lakes, along the Maine coast. Adult loons marked in the Adirondack Park of New York wintered along the coasts of Massachusetts (414 km from breeding lake), Rhode Island (362 km), and southern New Jersey (527 km). Most of the loons remained relatively stationary throughout the winter, but the size of individual w... |
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