A mist-net study of migrating birds at Yellowknife, Northwest Territories : spring 1985 / Jacques Sirois ... [et al.].: CW69-5/33E-PDF

"A mist net study was undertaken from 2 May to 6 June 1985, to monitor the spring migration of birds at Yellowknife, NWT. Mist nets were erected for various periods at three locations: Niven Lake, Yellowknife River, and Willow Flats, near downtown Yellowknife. Most captured birds were identified, sexed (when possible), banded, and released. Three hundred and thirty-one birds, including 37 species, were mist-netted. Thirty-two (87%) species were passerines and five (13%) were shorebirds. and 23-29 May. Peaks in migratory activity were observed on 6, 15, and 23-29 May. These peaks did not appear to correspond with peaks in arrival observations of new revealed species. Banding results and incidental observations revealed that at least 130 species migrated through the Yellowknife area between 11 March and 6 June 1985"--Abstract, p. i.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
Canadian Wildlife Service. Western and Northern Region.
Title A mist-net study of migrating birds at Yellowknife, Northwest Territories : spring 1985 / Jacques Sirois ... [et al.].
Series title Technical report series ; no. 33
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Imperfect copy: cover and verso of cover are wanting.
Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-17).
Issued also in print format.
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Yellowknife, N.W.T. : Canadian Wildlife Service, Western and Northern Region, 1987.
Author / Contributor Sirois, Jacques.
Description vi, 27 p. : charts, map.
Catalogue number
  • CW69-5/33E-PDF
Subject terms Migratory birds
Bird surveys
Northwest Territories
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