R. A. Malecki

A "home range" analysis using 23,285 observations of 6,036 neck-banded Canada geese (Branta canadensis) seen from 16 October to 28 February 1984-87, identified wintering concentration areas within the Atlantic Flyway. Biweekly sampling of 4 cohorts affiliated with these concentration areas during the last 2 weeks of January revealed that >90% of the geese wintering in the Chesapeake Bay and western Pennsylvania regions arrived in these areas by early October. Most geese (>90%) sampled in central New York appeared by early November, while 90% of the sample of birds wintering in North...

State and federal personnel banded 4,960 Canada geese (Branta canadensis) in North Carolina and 11,522 in Maryland from 1963-1974. Adult survival for Maryland geese was estimated as 81.96% (SE = 0.88%) and for North Carolina geese as 79.23% (SE = 0.96%) indicating that geese banded in Maryland had a higher average annual survival rate (P < 0.01). Recovery rates also indicated Canada geese from North Carolina (3.01 %, SE = 0.16%) may have had higher rates of harvest compared to Maryland (2.39%, SE = 0.10%) (P < 0.001). Model simulations indicated that estimated differences in survival...