Journal, insect samplings, and species accounts from Alaska, v4400
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Beaver 1967 Aloska Journal (2) 3/July (cont.) The Eskimo Bay went out and got him. We took several pictures of the S. Gulls, of which there was a large flock (30-40 birds) and then drove on towards the point. We saw many [illegible] & young h. chalybea, some red billed, and terns along the way. We came to the first ford and saw a large flock of Arctic Terns. We took pictures and noticed then a kitty walse with very dull plumage sitting on the ground, apparently sick. We all took pictures very close and then the bird flew off! Steve collected it and we decided it was a young kittiwalse. We came upon another bird sitting on the beach the same as the first and Dan Vargas captured it by hand. The bird was healthy, just lame. We let this bird go. We couldn't cross the ford because of the tide, so Dark took some plankton samples while he rest of us looked at some large jellyfish that had floated on the beach. Some were almost 1 foot in diameter. We decided to leave. Arrived back at the lab at 1630. 1 Aug. Tom and I left for Elnan Lagoon at 0845 to look for birds. We drove through Central Marsh and then turned NW west on a road marked