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Cade
1958
Alopes lagopus
18 June east of Barrow
One was seen sitting out on tussock
timber just a few miles west of Teshekpuk Lake. Very few were reported
along the coast during the winter. None
taken at Barrow and very few at
Wainwright. Maher has precise figures.
20 June Barrow - at 1905 Brock and I saw
a fox digging on the timber near
T9. When it dug up it stopped and
moved off-not too fast-westward along
Fresh Lake.
22 June Barrow - a phalapope which had been
caught in a trap on T6 appeared to
have been eaten by a fox. No scat
was found, but feathers were strewn
over the ground in an area of two-three
square yards-no body material or other
parts were left-just feathers. This is
the typical appearance of a fox kill.
3 June Barrow - at 1306 I saw one loafing along
in south part of Cutwal Marsh. He gave
a little woup, stopped and rolled on his
back for a few seconds, saw a little feather
and then rolled again. He was about half
way into summer pelage. I stopped at one
of the spots where he had been rolling and
found tufts of white hair over about a