95% CI n u n n. Urban. Natural. Common Snipe. 78 51. 15.4 - 20.1. 13.2 - 18.7. Short-billed Dowitcher. 34 27. 3.5 - 10.2
Lesser Yellowlegs:
Information Needs For Improved Conservation
Wolfgang Wander
Katie Christie, ADFG Jim Johnson and Laura McDuffie, USFWS Audrey Taylor, UAA Lee Tibbitts, USGS
Background on LEYE • Breed in boreal forest from Alaska to Quebec • Migrate to wintering areas across S. America • 5.3% decline across North America since 1966 (Sauer et al. 2013)
• 9.0% decline away from roads in Alaska since 2003 (Handel and Sauer 2017) • Dramatic losses (~80%) or redistribution in Suriname (Ottema and Ramcharan 2009) • Effect of unregulated hunting on overwinter survival? Anthony
Early LEYE work in Alaska • 1995-1998 • Replicate surveys during breeding in coastal and bog habitats in ANC and Susitna Flats • Individually marked 120 adults • Followed broods and marked chicks
Early LEYE work in Alaska • Best time to survey: early and during hatch
Early LEYE work in Alaska • Broods move large distances
Density (ind./km2) of common breeders at inland bogs 95% CI nu nn Common Snipe
