Some Birds of the Northwest Passage
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Adult Snow Bunting at
Sisimiut, Greenland on 5 September 2013 |
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Lapland Longspur at
Ilulissat, Greenland on 4 September 2013 |
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Always a treat to see,
this Northern Wheatear was photographed by Geoff Carpentier at
Ilulissat, Greenland on 4 September 2013 |
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Adult and juvenile
Greater White-fronted Geese at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada on 25 August 2013 |
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Female Greenland Mallard, subspecies
Anas platyrhynchos conboschas
is a specialty
bird of Greenland. Compared to the North American Mallard, it is
larger bodied and stockier with a smaller bill, though these
features would be hard to determine in the field without having
comparisons. We saw only females. Sisimiut, Greenland on 5 September 2013. |
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Juvenile Purple Sandpiper at
Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada on 30 August 2013 |
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Common Raven is one of
the few birds that remains above the Arctic Circle in winter. Pond
Inlet, Nunavut, Canada on 1 September 2013 |
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