Hoeman, J. V. 1964--Aleutians 5 tell us of great unusual concentrations of shorebirds including golden plover that were here couple weeks ago. We also go the 5th floor capitol bldg. and have very interesting talk with Judge J. A. von der Heydt, who spent 17 years at Nome and collected and banded birds as sole ornithologist in that area. We've decided it's worth checking, more so at present than Pribylofs. Eat at the new Driftwood Inn and walk both north end south out of town. V.g., tree, and mostly Barn swallows, fox sparrow, orange-crown warb., gl.-wing gulls. Ran into Yule Kilcher in town--he's still hot for my "Trüüli Pk". By now my sister Su is an old married woman! June 5, 1964 Rain in night and more this morning from low clouds that permit us very little view as we take USR&W sta. wagon south to end of road. See harlequin ducks though (σ) mostly in salt water and over 100 unidentified Al- cids from the n. end of the road over on Douglas Is. Town Douglas mostly residential. Eagles and gulls. Lodgepole pine growing naturally. Then north to Anka Bay and beyond, 100 plus bonapart gulls on beach, a steilers jay on Mendenhall Loop Rd. Stop at lake to view glacier-arctic terns, barn swallows, semi-pal. plover, solitary sandpiper. Common Loon. See Yule again at airport heading south to pick up family in Calif. Catch PNA prop Flt. full of people and we have seats assigned on wrong side and waste time landing at both Yakutat and Cordova. As we come into Anchorage we see the huge crescent slump into the sea between Woronzof and town with t trees protruding from water. Air terminal conspicuous for the absence of its control tower nd the patched up bldg. Not so fancy lobby now--polar bear,