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Beaver
1967
Journal 49
16 July (cont.)
This time the bird was netted and we returned to the lab. After making a few adjustments on the vessel starter, we force feed the flower and a pectoral sandpiper that Tom caught in his trap line. Steve put both in a box then.
2130 Tom and I went out to line 7x10, 5x6 to clock the yaps. Many were set off and 4/5 birds were caught also. We returned at 2230 - wet and cold. It has rained all day.
17 July Came to work at 0800. Steve has many plans for afternoon work, so I spent the 4th on my notes and on the Curlee funnel sample. (See Dystere Study).
1300 The sky is starting to cloud up now and the temperature is dropping. Looks like rain. Steve and I left for Central Marsh. On the way, we stopped at the golden clover nest at A465. The nest is apparently active (young emerged) because the adults are very excited by our presence. We went back to the vessel but the truck came off in a big ditch so we walked on from there. We can't do Central Marsh, and took several pectoral observations on sandpipers. (See Forby observation section) Westy goes and looked at the golden clover nest with 4 eggs on Beachridge. It looks like these birds would be easy to