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Table 3 Summary of Barrow’s goldeneye arrival, departure, and length of stay between stages

From: Dispersal of juvenile Barrow’s goldeneyes (Bucephala islandica) mirrors that of breeding adults

Variable

Juvenile males

Juvenile females

Adult males

Adult females

Median

1st/3rd quartile

Range

Number of birds

Median

1st/3rd quartile

Range

Number of Birds

Median

1st/3rd quartile

Range

Number of birds

Median

1st/3rd quartile

Range

Number of BIRDS

Hatch or Breed

Depart

Sep 23

Sep 06/Oct 11

Aug 13–Nov 01

26

Oct 06

Sep 12/Oct 24

Aug 18–Nov 01

16

Jun 12

Jun 06/Jun 17

May 22–Jul 02

39

Aug 08

Aug 01/Aug 10

Jul 29–Aug 15

9

Moult

Arrive

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Jul 01

Jun 18/10-Jul

Jun 08–Aug 01

39

Aug 09

Aug 05/Aug 12

Aug 01–Aug 16

9

Depart

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Oct 03

Sep 24/ Oct 13

Aug 29–Aug 01

25

Oct 06

Oct 01/Oct 14

Sep 20–Oct 28

8

LOS (days)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

92

75/113

55–154

25

61

57/66

51–74

8

Winter

Arrive

Nov 2

Oct 25/ Nov 05

Oct 01–Nov 23

21

Nov 01

Oct 29/Nov 03

Oct 24–Nov 07

11

Nov 01

Oct 28/Nov 05

Oct 12–Nov 10

20

Nov 03

Oct 29/Nov 07

Oct 25–Nov 14

8

Depart

May 10

May 05/May 13

Apr 12–May 14

7

May 11

May 06/May 21

Apr 30–Jun 07

4

Apr 18

Apr 10/Apr 22

Mar 24–May 03

11

Apr 13

Apr 07/Apr 15

Mar 24–Apr 21

7

LOS (days)

171

168/178

168–205

7

176

164/182

141–186

4

199

192/204

186–215

11

205

196/212

192–236

7

Breed

Arrive

May 14

May 11/May 24

May 07–May 25

5

May 27

May 09/Jun 14

May 07–Jun 14

4

Apr 30

Apr 19/May 08

Apr 11–Jun 12

9

Apr 17

Apr 15/Apr 18

Apr 09–Apr 22

6

Depart

Jun 20

Jun 16/22-Jun

Jun 05–Jun 24

4

Jul 17

Jul 04/Aug 19

Jun 21–Sep 22

3

May 29

May 25/Jun 08

May 23–Jun 11

9

Jul 14

Jul 13/Jul 25

Jul 10–Aug 17

6

LOS (days)

36

29/42

23–47

4

44

39/73

34–101

3

43

30/59

14–64

9

113

112/116

104–119

6

Moult

Arrive

Jul 17

Jul 04/Aug 21

Jun 11–Sep 23

4

Jul 18

Jul 05/Aug 21

Jun 22–Sep 23

3

Jun 23

Jun 08/Jul 12

May 25–Jul 17

9

Jul 25

Jul 16/Aug 09

Jul 11–Aug 23

6

Depart

Oct 24

Oct 07/Oct 26

Oct 03–Oct 27

3

Oct 12

Sep 28/Oct 27

Sep 13–Nov 11

2

Oct 03

Sep 08/Oct 07

Jun 05–Oct 17

9

Oct 03

Sep 28/Oct 05

Sep 28–Oct 13

5

LOS (days)

81

58/104

34–127

3

67

59/76

50–84

2

99

54/119

32–139

9

67

62/70

44–80

5

  1. Medians, 1st/3rd quartiles, and ranges are presented