Polar bear predatory behaviour toward molting barnacle geese and nesting glaucous gulls on Spitsbergen.

From: Arctic | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Stempniewicz, Lech | Copyright information

ABSTRACT. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) was observed stalking and chasing a flock of adult flightless barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) in a coastal bay in Hornsund, southwest Spitsbergen. Before chasing the geese, the polar bear appeared to make use of the cover provided by a rocky pier in order to swim close to them. Immediately after that unsuccessful attempt, the bear plundered a glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) nest situated on coastal rock and captured three nestlings. Thes...

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