BRI’s eider research is highlighted in a new article by Chris Ingram featured in Wildfowl Magazine. The article details research conducted by Environment Canada- with cooperators from BRI, state wildlife agencies, university researchers, and others- intended to better understand why the Atlantic population of common eider continues to decline.
Lucas Savoy, BRI’s Deputy Director and co-director of the Center for Waterbird studies, states that this study is “aimed at monitoring hen nesting propensity. We have a lot of information about eiders, but there are a few missing elements, such as what proportion of the population will nest in a given year. A difficult winter, age, health, environmental, and other factors may explain why not every hen will nest every year. There’s a concern for the population’s integrity, and we’re looking at a number of parameters to identify why.”
