Observations on habitat use, breeding chronology and parental care in bristle-thighed curlews on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Gill RE, Lanctot RB, Mason JD, Handel CM. 1991. Observations on habitat use, breeding chronology and parental care in bristle-thighed curlews on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Wader Study Group Bulletin. 61::28-36
Adjacent to/nearby BERLABRI. (Adapted from authors' abstract.) Results from a 1989 survey of one of the two known breeding localities of Bristle-thighed Curlews are reported. During the pre-nesting period, birds confined most of their activity to shrub meadow tundra and to low shrub/tussock tundra. During nesting, more than half the Curlews seen were observed on shrub meadow tundra. During brood rearing, birds increased their use of sedge wet meadows. Observations of broods indicated that nest initiation began around 25 May and that hatching occurred during the last week of June. Detailed observations are presented on the formation of four brood-groups, some of which held different combinations of unrelated adults or young.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Gill, R; Lanctot, R; Mason, J; Handel, C
- Units
- BELA
- Keywords
- Behavior, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Birds, Breeding, Bristle-thighed Curlews, Habitat Use, Numenius tahitiensis