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A. Status of the Spectacled Eider - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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SPECTACLED EIDER<br />

PaInt<br />

Chukchi<br />

Sees<br />

Pt. Barrow<br />

0<br />

MILES<br />

0 KILOMETERS<br />

Figure 5. North Slope breeding range <strong>and</strong> point locations <strong>of</strong><strong>Spectacled</strong> <strong>Eider</strong>s based on mid-June aerial surveys in 1993-1995. Methods are<br />

similar to those used on YKD aerial survey, with 2.5 nautical mile spacing between transects <strong>and</strong> coverage alternatingbetween adjacent<br />

transects annually (e.g., only half<strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> transects flown each year) (W. Lamed, pers. comm.). The sou<strong>the</strong>rn boundaiy <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> survey area is<br />

shown. (Figure by G. Balogh).<br />

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o Observed in 1993<br />

V Observed in 1994<br />

* Observed in 1995<br />

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