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Child
1959
Mr. Oeconomus
29 gnn Pitanga River, Cape Sabine, Alaska
mounds scattered in a radius of 6-10'. These
occur, of course, on the drier sites. There
have been no signs of Arctic Foxes
but one Red Fox was seen on Marmot
Ridge. There have been sight records
of grizzlies but no wolverines. The
lack of mammalian predators is
strange in view of the concentration
of all three species of jaeger (breeding)
and Short-eared Owl (locating breeding).
Bough-leg Hawks, one nesting at Falcon Port.
Snowy Owls were abundant in May but
moved out — why? Jaegers were quick
to utilize traplines for mice and took
about 10 per line in 3 days. The fearless
of the Long-tails in dividing the Pinnatin
on top of their territory is remarkable.
The latter species seems to be passing
through at the west in flocks, up to
96, perhaps headed for the Pacific
and a better food source. They do
not appear to have been able to breed
at Barren, due to the late season there
and moderate lemming numbers.
at the cabin we found two piles of droppings on top
of large piles of mouse droppings near mountaintop
that had been exposed by melting snow. We took