Journal, insect samplings, and species accounts from Alaska, v4400
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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- 1009