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Journal
7-8 June 1966
Kinkazan ls.
Dozens of black (+ occas. yellow) swallowtail butterflies, at
Rhodod. Decempferi shrubs (fading flowers). Saw swallows
(no more illur)
and black swifts over higher parts island. Also 2 ospreys
Deer--
in same area (S. & E. of Colim Pass), both days. Deer - at
velvet (turning yellowish)
Hotel on lawn, eating garbage, antlers to 3 prongs + 50 cm.
some higher on slopes with shorter new antlers. But saw
2 with freshly shed antler stubs on ridge (250-350m.), and
2 spikes w. old bad antlers about 10 cm. No fawns. On
ridge, some seem to have melted sides, the shoulder hair old.
Two bucks together. One buck, w. stumpers, w. 5 unantlered on ridge.
To Tokyo and Inuyama, when stayed at
Furoshuku about 10 days. Departed for
Honolulu from Tokyo about June 26, &
to San Francisco June 29, 1966. In Inu-
yama, mostly gathering weather, liths, and
vegetational information, preparing plant
specimens and associated data, getting
Kayawa &. Azuma to assemble labeled
set of photo prints.
N.S.F. project in Japan continued to Dec. 31.
So Data sent to me in Calif.
END