Articles on Waterfowl of Alaska
     
 

When we started the Alaska Wildfowl Adventures website, Tim Bouchard had a list of Alaska waterfowl articles online for everyone to easily access.  Sadly, a couple versions ago, we lost the articles, so we are starting it again! 

This is the most basic list for now, but Tim will be working hard to keep updating it.  As a warning most links will lead to other websites, but we will always be in the background.

If you find any cool articles, please email Tim at tim@akduckhunts.com and we will get it added.

 
     
 

Sea Duck Information Series

Here is some great info on the basics of each species of sea duck and some of the diver species.  These are all .pdf files.
They were created by the Sea Duck Joint Venture.

Common Eider
King Eider
Spectacled Eider
Steller's Eider
Black Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Surf Scoter
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Oldsquaw
Harlequin Duck
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser

Species Status Reports - Sea Duck Venture 2003

Harlequin Articles

Harlequin Ducks Prince William Sound - Telemetry by Alaska Fish and Game
Report by Heather and Hannah Rand on Harlquin Ducks in PWS (two young girls - nice slide show)

Eider Articles

Migration and Breeding Ecology of King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) Nesting in Northern Alaska
Steller’s Eider Pilot Satellite Telemetry Study
Characterization of the Beaufort Sea Flyway: Common Eiders and Long-tailed Ducks
Steller's Eider Spring Migration Surveys
Secret Life of the Spectacled Eider - Duck Species' Life During Winter
Spectacled Eider - USFWS Threatened and Endangered Species
A Major Ecosystem Shift in the Northern Bering Sea - Some possible reason's for spec eider decline
Navigating the Arctic Meltdown - Spectacled Eider - ignore who wrote it.
The Subsistence Harvest of Black Brant, Emperor Gese, and Eider Ducks in Alaska
Flight of the Sea Ducks - 1979 paper on Eider Migration

Scoter Articles

Characterization of annual migration and habitat use of Black Scoters staging on the Alaska Peninsula
Surf Scoter - Prince William Sound Telemetry
Black Scoter - Telemetry by Alaska Fish and Game
White-wing Scoter - Telemetry by Alaska Fish and Game

Old Squaw Articles

Characterization of the Beaufort Sea Flyway: Common Eiders and Long-tailed Ducks

Goldeneye Articles

Coming Soon.....

Merganser Articles

Coming Soon.....

Dusky Goose Articles

Identification Field Guide to the Geese of the Willamette Valley and Lower Columbia River
A great guide to help identify the geese in PWS also.

 
   
     

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