Connectivity in Willets and Marbled Godwits breeding in western Canada
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55 – 57
Published
1 April 11
Authors
Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor
Correspondence
Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor
cheri.gratto-trevor@ec.gc.ca
Prairie and Northern Wildlife Research Centre, Environment Canada, 115 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4 Canada
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From 1995 to 2000, 205 adult Willets Tringa semipalmata and 111 adult Marbled Godwits Limosa fedoa were captured on their nests in southern Alberta, Canada, and uniquely colour-marked. Sixty sightings were reported away from the breeding grounds, all in California, USA, and Baja California, Mexico. The 52 godwit sightings represented 16 individuals (14% of those marked), and the 8 Willet sightings 6 individuals (3% of those marked). All California sightings except for one godwit were of migrants. Marbled Godwits and Willets in this study wintered in Mexico or farther south, but not California.