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Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5278

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Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5278

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Table 6. Number of active nests and territorial pairs at traditional native egg-collection sites identified in Hunn and others (2002), Glacier Bay, southeastern Alaska.

[Owing to interannual variation and the need to assess potential risk to nesting birds, counts represent the highest number of nests found during one survey. Values in parentheses are territorial pairs. Abbreviations: ADF&G, Alaska Department of Fish and Game]

Site Date surveyed Number of active nests Comments
Glaucous-
winged Gull		 Herring Gull Mew Gull Black Oystercatcher Arctic Tern Black-legged Kittiwake Nest count
Young Island 6-02-2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beardslee Islands 6-20-2005 0 0 0 15 15 0 30 ADF&G data, Unnamed Islet northwest of Eider Island
Flapjack Island 6-26-2003 26 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 27
Eider Island 6-26-2005 0 0 0 2 (1) 0 0 2
Strawberry Island 6-13-2005 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Boulder Island 7-12-2003 41 0 0 2 0 0 43
Willoughby Island 6-22-2005 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Francis Island 6-10-2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leland Island 6-23-2005 0 0 0 15 9 0 24
South Marble Island 6-10-2005 200 (90) 0 0 3 0 0 293 Also see table 12
North Marble Island 6-10-2005 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 Also see table 13
Drake Island 6-08-2004 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Sturgess Island 6-12-2003 2 0 0 6 (2) 0 0 8
Sebree Island 6-18-2005 4 0 4 3 25 0 36 Same as Islet at Tlingit Point
Garforth Island 6-07-2005 0 0 0 7 (2) 0 0 7
Sealers Island 5-29-2005 (1) 0 1 4 (1) 46 0 51
Triangle Island 6-05-2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russell Island Rocks 7-02-2003 0 0 2 5 6 0 13 Sum of all four unnamed islands east of Russell Island
Russell Island Rock 6-18-2005 0 0 9 2 (2) 0 0 11 Largest islet east of Russell Island
Composite Island 5-22-2004 0 0 0 1 (3) 0 0 1
Scidmore Bay Islands 6-18-2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hugh Miller Islet 6-30-2004 0 0 4 1 18 0 23 Islet at entrance to Scidmore Bay
Lone Island 6-12-2005 115 (4) 0 2 0 8 125
Geikie Rock 6-12-2005 48 1 0 3 0 0 52
Shag Cove Rock 6-24-2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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