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Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica): USGS Alaska Science Center Bar-tailed Godwit Life History

Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Alaska Science Center (ASC, Anchorage) | Format: URL

alaska.usgs.gov — It is estimated that 100,000-150,000 Bar-tailed Godwits breed in Alaska. Under the US Shorebird Conservation Plan, they are a species of High Concern mainly due to their small population size, threats to their non-breeding grounds (especially at migratory stopover sites in Asia), and their relatively restricted breeding distribution within the More...

  • Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)

Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP)

Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Alaska Science Center (ASC, Anchorage) | Format: URL

www.absc.usgs.gov — This project is a joint effort for developing and testing protocols for collecting, processing, transporting, and storing seabird eggs collected at several Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (AMNWR) colonies. Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) is a long-term, cooperative project that is currently collecting, processing, More...

  • image of common (center) and thick-billed Murres

Life History of Bristle-thighed Curlews

Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Alaska Science Center (ASC, Anchorage) | Format: URL

alaska.usgs.gov — This resource is a life history profile of the Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis). The Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) breeds only in North America. Its adult population numbers about 7,000 individuals, making it the rarest of the New World curlews and godwits. It is similar in appearance to the Whimbrel (N. phaeopus). More...

  • Image of the Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)