NWT Wildlife Sketches: Birds of Prey of the NWT, 3rd Edition (GNWT, 1991)
An educational pamphlet describing 13 species of diurnal birds of prey found in the Northwest Territories, including their identification, distribution, natural history, breeding behavior, and population trends. The document discusses pesticide impacts, protection legislation, and NWT research programs monitoring raptor populations.
- Date
- 1991
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- NWT Department of Renewable Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Northern Canada Power Commission, Northwest Territories Renewable Resources
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Mackenzie Mountains, Arctic islands, Yellowknife, Mackenzie River, Inuvik, Wainwright, Alberta, Central Arctic, tundra, taiga
- Parameters
- raptor population trends, breeding distribution, nesting sites and behavior, prey species and diet, DDT pesticide contamination, migration patterns, reproductive success, lemming and vole population cycles, bird banding and recovery, falcon conservation
- Pages
- 6
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