Subject: Re: tail winds
Date: Jul 11 11:21:29 1995
From: Don Baccus - donb at Rational.COM


Dennis:
> Alternatively, Sharp-tail (and Pectoral) abundance here may vary only with
> wind conditions. I would think we had a sufficient database now to test
> that hypothesis. Interestingly, all across Russia the breeding conditions
> for arctic birds are reported every summer (including both weather and
> abundance of arctic foxes, a major predator), so there might be data for
> the breeding-success hypothesis too.

Hey, how about a tweeters field-trip to band a few thousand?

Stuart McKay has a lot of experience banding in the Artic - that's
where he is now. Put him to work doing something for our local
knowledge!

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>