For example, northern breeders
including skuas
funnel through the english channel into the north sea on the way to their breeding grounds.
Also a great northern diver and 2
arctic skua
flew east.
Skua colony
living on the sands.
Pomarine skua
-- 3 flying north past the fajara hotel on 12th and 14th.
Here you also find
nesting arctic skua
and bonxie ( great skua ).
Figure 2. wing of a
great skua
showing the bold white flash of feathers.
Although
many individual skuas
keep the same mate each breeding season, some birds select another mate.
Predation by
brown skuas
was a major cause of egg and chick loss.
What advantage might there be for this behavior for: a ) the
male skua
b ) the female skua?
In jameson land, we look for musk oxen and collared lemmings and predatory
long-tailed skua, snowy owl and arctic fox.
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