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Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5278

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Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5278

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Table 5. Species, adult count, number of active nests, and territorial pairs for wildlife areas closed to human use, Glacier Bay, Alaska, 2003 and 2005.

[Unnamed Islands east of Russell Island: Count data for that site were averaged from two surveys, the only case where a closed area was visited twice. Nests: Number of active nests. Pairs: Number of territorial pairs]

Species Unnamed Islands east of Russell Island   Lone Island   Geikie Island   Leland Island   Boulder Island   Flapjack Island   South Marble Island   Eider Island
Nests Pairs Adult counts Nests Pairs Adult counts Nests Pairs Adult counts Nests Pairs Adult counts Nests Pairs Adult counts Nests Pairs Adult counts Nests Pairs Adult counts Nests Pairs Adult counts
Arctic Tern 7 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 25 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Black Oystercatcher 8 3 35 2 1 9 3 2 7 15 0 40 2 0 15 1 1 43 3 0 8 2 1 6
Black Scoter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Black Turnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Black-legged Kittiwake 0 0 0 8 47 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,125 134 277 807 0 0 0
Caspian Tern 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Common Merganser 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 2 0 0 35
Common Murre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Double-crested Cormorant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Glaucous-wing Gull 0 0 84 115 0 195 48 0 123 0 0 252 41 0 600 26 0 200 200 90 1,042 0 0 0
Harlequin Duck 0 0 81 0 0 95 0 0 22 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 18 0 0 0
Herring Gull 0 0 1 (1) 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Horned Puffin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Kittlitz’s Murrelet 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mew Gull 10 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Northwestern Crow 0 0 24 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Pelagic Cormorant 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 195 0 0 0
Pigeon Guillemot (1) 0 36 0 0 29 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0
Red-breasted Merganser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 0
Surf Scoter 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tufted Puffin 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 3 29 0 0 0
Unidentified Scoter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 Active nests are suspected but we were unable to enumerate them.

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