Hoeman, J. V. 1964--Aleutians 12 We walk some sloppy streets and visit/ Alaska F and G., but John Burns on Diomedes. Try Bur. of Ind. Affairs for vehicle and Jack Burkehart calls around till F. and G agrees totake us out to Safety Lagoon. We also call the C.O. at NE cape, St. Lawrence and agree to fly out Friday. Brawny young protection agent, Fred Schultz takes us in Scout to Safety Sound, but drives dusty rd. too fast and doesn't stop enough so my glimpses of whimberel and snipe and longspurs through dusty windshield were not satisfying. Soon long-tailed jaegers, many northern phalaropes and lapland longspurs, red phalarope, ground squirrels, and arctic terns before we cross Nome River's 1-lane bridge, then at the thick alders up to 10 or 12' high at Cape Nome were hoary redpolls, white-crown sparrows, fox sparrows, and willo ptarmigan. More phalarope at Safety Sound, pintails, pair of Old Squaw; pr. green-wing teal; semi-palmated sandpipers, Savannah sparrows, and a dunlin. We turn around at the ferry at mileport 21 and I locate a longspur nest with 5e. "A lot of 'skimo shacks all along spit but most seem empty. Take Cape Nome Mil. camp Rd. over a mile north along hill and over small snowdrifts. Hear gray cheek thrushand see robin and maybe common redpolls. First two golden plover on the breedin ground! A dead lemming in a redpoll nest seems to have frozen there. Hear gray-cheeked thrush and see a Siberian Rough-legged Hawk hunting. Returning to Nome I spot pair of loons in bay but too far away. 3-hr. trip. This aft. we walk in beginning sprinkle to Chuck Reeder's garage and arrange to rent vehicle tomorrow. Also through cemetery which is very full of decaying falling boards and crosses, frost-heaved ground, 2 small spruces (larger 6' tall). See pr. gray-cheek thrushes, robins, snipe-walk along abn'd.