Open AccessObservations on the Behaviour of Certain Arctic Birds
Author(s) -
E. O. Höhn
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
arctic
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1923-1245
pISSN - 0004-0843
DOI - 10.14430/arctic3736
Subject(s) - plover , tern , arctic , geography , courtship , distraction , alarm , ecology , courtship display , fishery , zoology , biology , habitat , materials science , neuroscience , composite material
Report on observations on 14 species of birds (loons, old squaw, ptarmigan, plover, jaegers, sandpipers, phalarope, gulls, tern) made in Mackenzie District in summer 1955, mostly near the mouth of the Anderson River (69 59 N, 129 W). Calls, alarm or distraction behavior, play, courtship, attack real or feigned, display flights, etc., are noted. Two general observations are included: on distraction displays and falcon hunting habits in the presence of a human intruder.