translate English to French: Preliminary estimates from photo surveys conducted in 2003 suggest that the nesting population increased slightly between 1997 and 2003 but that most of the increase occurred north of the traditional nesting colony centered at the McConnell River, Nunavut.
Les estimations provisoires provenant des relevÃ©s photographiques de 2003 suggÃ¨rent que la population nicheuse a lÃ©gÃ¨rement augmentÃ© de 1997 Ã 2003, mais que la majoritÃ© de l'augmentation s'est produite au nord de la colonie nicheuse traditionnelle centrÃ©e Ã la riviÃ¨re McConnell (Nunavut).