Hoeman, J. V. 1964--Aleutians 9 June 7, 1964 Seems like a wasted day at first with all the things I could be doing at Anchorage, but I hike down to Kenai Flats. Many gulls there, mostly mew, 3 red-throated or arctic (?) loons fly over singly with duck-like quacking to feed together and "courtship race" in river mouth, ravens heard, с blackpoll and ruby-crowned kinglet, and c yellow warbler called close; robins, Savannah sparrow, redpolls, slate-colored junco; tree, band and v. q. swallows seen; also Fox sparrow, white-crown sparrow, arctic tern. Golden-crown sparrow and varied thrush heard. After poorish breakfast at Rig Cafe in torn-up, dusty town (they're putting in city water and sewage system) we drive up road beyond Nikishk; oil docks. I was looking for Eric Barnes ' fishing site but failed to find it and am sure his veterinary sign wasn't up. We photoed mountains and noted smoke from Crater Hk. on Mt. Spurr. Rest of ‘orn. Early this afternoon we spend in refuge office. Win at work on something of Chuck Long's--I coding the Atoll Ecology book. Then we drive north to beyond Moose River but return to it and walk ( ) up it on south bank to see pair of swans around first bend 1/2 mile up. They are trumpeters, an odd pair of 1 ad. and 1 last year's cygnet. Very curious--they swim right up to us "talking". The toots echoing from house on far shore. Pintails, Am. widgeon, shoveler, Gr.-wing teal, a sandpiper there too. Walking back we find a Bonapart gull nest, mode of Ursnea lichen, 3 eggs, 15' up leaning black spruce and I collect it and eggs. Also semi palmated plover nest of 4e both par. put on Gr. wing set, one at 4' distance. Rusty blackbird seen and on way home we accidentally kill ? myrtle warbler with car. I blow eggs and we eat stuff we'd picked up at