Resources related to Breeding Habits

Habitat Features Associated with Barrow's Goldeneye Breeding in Eastern Canada

We investigated environmental variables linked to presence of Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) pairs from the eastern North American population on 412 lakes of the Sainte-Marguerite River watershed, Québec, Canada. We analysed habitat relationships at two spatial scales (i.e., considering all lakes surveyed and high elevation lakes only) and predetermined the high elevation lakes as those including 90% of Barrow's Goldeneye occurrences. Barrow's Goldeneye were found on 59 lakes, all of which were ≥490 m elevation (maximum = 822 m) with 90% at ≥610 m.

Habitat Features Associated with Barrow's Goldeneye Breeding in Eastern Canada

2016 Kodiak Island Cooperative Goldeneye Nest Box Project Progress Report

Executive Summary
During the period 15 May to 6 August, 2016, nest boxes located at eight different lakes on the Kodiak road system and Karluk Lake on the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge were checked by the author(s). Aurel Lake nest box AL-1 had the door blown off and Karluk Lake box KL-17 tree blew down reducing the total number of project boxes available in 2016 to 45.

Sea Duck Joint Venture Implementation Plan 201 5 - 201 7

PRIORITIES 2015–2017 Priorities set out in this Implementation Plan are designed to help meet the SDJV mission,
which is to “...promote the conservation of all North American sea ducks through partnerships by providing greater
knowledge and understanding for effective management.”
The 2014-2018strategic plan reflects a significant shift in focus for the SDJV, from a broad-based science program
to a more focused program intended to provide information most needed by managers to make informed

Sea Duck Joint Venture Implementation Plan 2015 - 2017

Sea Duck Joint Venture Strategic Communications Plan 2015-2019

The mission of the Sea Duck Joint Venture(SDJV)is to promote the conservation of North American sea ducks through partnerships by providing greater knowledge
and understanding for effective management. SDJV focuses on the 15 species of North American sea ducks on their coastal water habitat for migration and wintering as well as boreal forest and tundra habitat for nesting. Since the JV’s founding in 1998, the four pillars of its work have included science, communications, funding, and conservation.

Sea Duck Joint Venture Strategic Communications Plan 2015-2019

2015 Kodiak Island Cooperative Goldeneye Nest Box Project

During the period 12 May to 20 Sept, 2015, nest boxes located at eight different lakes on the Kodiak road system and Karluk Lake on the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge were checked by the author(s). Three of the original 8 Buskin Lake boxes were moved to new locations on Buskin Lake in 2015. Also another new road system nest box was added at Nyman Lake, located on the U.S. Coast Guard base in 2015. However, Lake Rose Tead nest box, RT-1, was taken down, keeping the total number of Project boxes available in 2015 at 47.

2014 Kodiak Island Cooperative Goldeneye Nest Box Project

During the period 26 May to 6 Aug, 2014, nest boxes placed on seven different lakes along the Kodiak road system and Karluk Lake on the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge were checked by the author(s). Two new road system nest boxes were added in 2014. One was added to Buskin Lake on 5 Feb, and another box placed on Aurel Lake 1 April. Both lakes were still ice covered. The added boxes increased the total number of Project boxes available in 2014 to 47 nest boxes.

Managing North American Waterfowl in the Face of Uncertainty

Informed management of waterfowl (or any animal population), requires management goals and objectives, the ability to implement management actions, periodic information about population and goal related variables, and knowledge of effects of management actions on populations and goal related variables. In North American international Treaties mandate a primary objective of protecting migratory bird populations, with a secondary objective of providing hunting opportunity in a manner compatible with such protection.

Managing North American Waterfowl in the Face of Uncertainty

A Management Plan for Barrows Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Eastern Population

The world distribution of Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) consists of three
separate populations: 150 000 to 200 000 birds in western North America (Eadie et al 2000),
a resident population of 2000 in Iceland (Gardarsson 1978), and approximately 4500 birds in
eastern North America (Savard and Dupuis 1999; Robert et al 2000a). The breeding range is
discontinuous in North America and is largely restricted to northwestern North America, where
more than 90% of the world’s population breeds (del Hoyo et al 1992). Little is known of the

A Management Plan for Barrows Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Eastern Population

Stellers Eider Spring Migration Surveys Southwest Alaska 2012

The majority of the Pacific population of Steller's eiders migrates along the Bristol Bay coast of the
Alaska Peninsula in the spring, crosses Bristol Bay toward Cape Pierce, then continues northward
along the Bering Sea coast. Most then cross the Bering Strait to their breeding grounds in Siberia, with
a smaller number continuing north to the Alaska North Slope to breed (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2002, Gill et al. 1978). During migration the eiders linger to feed at the mouths of lagoons and other

Stellers Eider Spring Migration Surveys Southwest Alaska 2012

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