Waterfowl

Northern Pintail

This striking dabbling duck is a favorite among duck hunters and birders alike. In the prairie pothole region of the Dakotas and south-central Canada, the population of this duck is subject to booms and busts caused by changing nesting conditions and water availability. The pintail population in Alaska is much more stable. In fact, when the prairies are in the grip of a drought, and pintail numbers there are low, one third to one half of the continental pintail population breeds in the water bodies of this vast state.

Projects and Related Reports

• North American Breeding Waterfowl Survey in Alaska.
• Expanded Aerial Surveys of Waterfowl in Alaska
• Aerial Survey in Nunavut, Canada, 2006 (pdf)
• Victoria Island, Canada Aerial Survey, 2005 (pdf)
• Waterfowl Banding in Alaska
• Southwest Alaska Steller's Eider Survey
• Waterbird/Oilspill Impact Modeling Project
• Beaufort Sea Aerial Water Bird Survey
• Arctic Coastal Plain Aerial Breeding Waterfowl Survey
• Arctic Coastal Plain Eider Survey
• Yukon Delta Nesting Waterfowl Survey
• Yukon Delta Aerial Breeding Waterfowl Survey
• Aerial survey of emperor geese and other waterbirds in southwestern Alaska Fall 2007 (pdf)
• Aerial survey of emperor geese and other waterbirds in southwestern Alaska Spring 2007 (pdf)
• Near shore surveys of Alaska's arctic coast, 1999-2003 (pdf)
• North Slope Common Eider Survey Reports for the year:
  • 1999 (pdf)
  • 2000 (pdf)
  • 2001 (pdf)
  • 2002 (pdf)
  • 2003 (pdf)
  • 2004 (pdf)
  • 2005 (pdf)
  • 2006 (pdf)
  • 2007 (pdf)

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Last Updated: September 15, 2008