Journal, insect samplings, and species accounts from Alaska, v4400
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Beaver 1967 Alaska Journal 6 Panel area (cont.) 15 June (cont.) As evidenced by the moist ground around camp, really melted and softened the snow still remaining in the panel area and appeared to have removed large patches further south. Based on my memory of the amount of snow I saw there my first two days here. After observing more displays of C. rufulus, I approached both birds and took a photo of one bird at 7 feet with Electrone-ASA 64. f 9 + 250 sec. 0920 Karl saw one of his nest markers so we located the nest. It was a longspur nest w/ eggs (see sp account). 0930 Karl and I just sighted a forestic falcon (see sp account). 0940 Karl and I came to a C. rufulus nest earlier marked by Karl. (See sp account) I took a photo - Electa at f. 8 - 250 sec. ~ 3 ft or less. No plastic rule in it for reference. 0945 We are more distant from the panel now and in an area of poorly developed polygons. I dug out a section of tundra