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Shallow Bay is a 230 hectare wetland at the south end of Lake Laberge in the southern Yukon. It has been central to the original use of the area by the Ta’an Kwachan first nation. It is an important waterfowl staging area; a key fish spawning and rearing area, and is used by moose, beaver, bear, mustelids, muskrats and a host of bird species. We found 36 species of water birds using the area; banded waterfowl showed birds from all North American flyways except the Atlantic were using the area. Most use by water birds was for staging although at least 4 species were breeding. Over 100 species of songbirds were observed and at least 17 species were breeding. Wood frogs, and 9 species of fish were identified. 6 species...
Categories: Data,
Publication;
Types: Citation,
Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: Baseline 5-Data,
Beaver,
Birds,
Monitoring 1-Changes in Plant and Animal Distribution: Ecosystems,
Monitoring 1-Changes in Plant and Animal Distribution: Fauna, All tags...
Species of Concern: Mammals, Fewer tags
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