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Beaver
1967
Alaska
Journal 1
13 June
0900 Barnow Research Station, AK, Alaska
Left by myself to south of research station
to look over the tundra. This area has
many barrels, old scrap metal, and other junk.
I saw a Snow Bunting or two together
on a grassy clump of the tundra (see p account)
0915 I've just spotted two lapland longspurs on the
ground near a groove in the tundra which is full
of water. (See p account)
0930 I've just come upon King Eider Ducks (?)
sitting in a small (10' x 8') pond of water.
He is either very tame or injured because I
walked up to him and he only moved off a
few feet. (see p account)
0950 I've just spotted a Pinnaine Taeger and a
Snowy Owl. The P. Taeger is sitting on a
high spot on the tundra in or near grass
in the car pile. The S. Owl is perched on
top of a power pole holding wires that run
to a small building. (see p account)
Observed these birds for about 10min when
I saw another S. Owl and 2 P. Taegers
fly close by to the south of me camp.
4 Shore Birds just flew by in rapid flight
and they were making a whiny noise that
sounds very much like a frog call. I
saw them land and decided they were Red-
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