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Beaver
1967
Alaska
Journal 59
27 July (cont.)
won't come off. We finished reading and regroping
all the boards shortly after lunch and then
left for site D. Here we vacuumed 1 meter
square areas (3 sq ft/m) on the Black Ridge
near the windnet system. It's raining now again.
We charged the skilby boards and checked the can traps and then the Emergenc trap.
We left for site II and did the same.
We returned at 1200 fairly well soaked. My cold
is much better today. Hopes it ends soon.
I turn in early.
28 July
I slept in today and I feel much better
now. It is raining again today and very foggy.
Temp about 40-45°F - not real cold. Skye and
I counted digester larvae from the soil
samples all AM. The material is from 3 sets
of soil samples. I spent the PM working
on the parasitic fauna I collected almost
a month ago now. It should make a good
skin, I hope. I had to borrow Edna M.
hair dryer to dry the feathers since the
air in the main lab was off.
29 July
I finished the F. Jaeger in AM. It came out
fairly well. This morning has been foggy
and cold ≈ 34°F. By noon, it appeared to
be lifting a little. We planned to go to the