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L Dickson
1985
Alaska trip. - mammals cont.
Marmot cont. - km 316 (18 Jun) - 2
km. 321 ( . ) - 1 ? & calf total=10
Red squirrel - very seen and farmlh
Arctic ground squirrel - First one seen at km. 208
& seen frequently through ; common on N. slope.
Bunnys noted at Atiyan Bc. At. km. 344, one
was seen taking a dead bird in the road.
Muskox - ) seen & photographed among willows along
Atiyun River (km. 255)
Grizzly bear - ? & cub seen near Distant Rv.
(km. ~223) & tracks seen on slope Mtn. (km. 301)
Canids: 1 muntl'd, canid skull at Atiyun Pass (~km 245),
& on N. slope found a pile along side of road of ~6 fox
skullers & 1 lynx.
Wolf - 2 at km. 298 feeding on caribou carcass
(18 Jun AM); got very good looks.
Red fox - km. 313 ) followed me along rid for 1+km and
looked south full of 6-8 minivores until it periodically
layed [illegible] on the ground & probed. At one point it seemed
to catch an additional individual.
Arctic fox - 1 (incl. photo) at km 375 & 2 in
vicinity of Prude Bay.
microlutions: Hess Ch study area: M. xanthogasterus old sign
Atiyun Pass - bunnies or mange
Trootik Lake - lots of sign
Helly Valley (km 3345) - 2 microlution minivores seen clearly
- open willow brush near river