Journal, insect samplings, and species accounts from Alaska, v4400
Page 117
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Beaver 1967 Alaska Journal 55 21 July (cont.) and has been all day. The sky is overcast but low clouds are staying to the south of the area. A few low clouds have moved through in the past few hours. After the boogie was repaired, we went to bait and replaced the sticky traps, checked the emergency and cam traps and then put the gossens and nets back on the wind set stand. The outfit is looking good now. Its gossens hold the weight of the upper stages off the lower ones so the wind can blow them more. We left for control marsh at 1730. There we changed sticky traps, set a row of camtraps, checked the emergency traps and the collected food samples - (see digest study). On the way back, a fog rolled in and a large flock of Eiders flew low over us. It was an impressive sight. Steve hurt his back so we won't be doing any