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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