child 1955 Nyctea scandiaca July 23 Wainwright, Alaska Owls not numerous on trip back although we flew at 200' or less. No fresh owl pellets found during the 9 day stay. Do they change their metabolism when food is short or desert love? Their relative scarcity here where the lemmings are so abundant is very interesting. It would be nice to know how much the Columbids shooting affects them. Angle Have been trying to shoot me for sometime but they do not allow the approach such as they did earlier.