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Ornithological observations at Eckener Point, Antarctic Peninsula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2009

Eric J Woehler ,
Louise Blight  and
Ian Bullock
Eric J Woehler
Affiliation:
School of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia ([email protected])
Louise Blight
Affiliation:
Procellaria Research and Consulting, 944 Dunsmuir Rd, Victoria BC, Canada V9A 5C3 and Centre for Applied Conservation Research, 2424 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, CanadaV6T 1Z4
Ian Bullock
Affiliation:
Tegfan, Caerbwdi, St David's, Pembrokeshire SA62 6QP
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Eckener Point (64° 26′S; 61° 36′W) lies on the northeast side of the entrance to Charlotte Bay and southeast of Murray Island, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula (Fig. 1). Data from a 1987 census (Woehler 1993) show 40 breeding pairs of chinstrap penguins Pygoscelis antarctica at the site. An unpublished report of 180 nests of blue-eyed cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps/bransfieldensis (S Poncet, personal communication, 2004) in 1983 is the only other ornithological record for the site. Here we report on the results of a brief survey conducted to document the breeding seabirds for this locality. Suitable ice-free sites on the Antarctic Peninsula are limited, and Eckener Point, though small, provides nesting habitat for a high number of avian species. Plant and lichen diversity also appears unusually high.

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Polar Record , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , July 2010 , pp. 279 - 281
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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