Records of the Black Brant in the Yukon Basin and the Question of a Spring Migration Route
Cade TJ. 1955. Records of the Black Brant in the Yukon Basin and the Question of a Spring Migration Route. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 19(2):321-324
In the summer of 1951, three specimens of the black brant, constitution new locality records, were taken by me along the Yukon River between Fortymile, Y.T., and Eagle, Alaska. The first of these, a male going into its second year, was shot on July 19, approximately ten miles below Forty-mile. The second, also an immature male, was shot on July 27, approximately two miles from the Alaska-Yukon boundary, on the Canadian side. On July 28, the wings, tarsi, and feet of a brant were discovered among the fresh remains of prey lying about the aerie of a pair of peregrine falcons, which were nesting on a river-bluff about one mile below the boundary on the Alaskan side. The worn condition of the primaries indicated that this too was an immature bird.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Cade, Tom
- Units
- CAKN , DENA , WRST , YUCH
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Bird (Aves), black brant, Branta nigricans, Falco Peregrinus, Subarctic, Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve AK