Journal, insect samplings, and species accounts from Alaska, v4400
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Beaver 1967 Alaska Journal 18 22 June (cont) Sample #7. It swelled tightly during the afternoon and was cold. 1900 Steve, Tom and I constructed a bow net trap to catch longspurs and possibly shore birds on the nest. The trap consisted of the following. [diagram] We took the trap out to the drum area and set up a dummy ♂ and tried to catch males coming to the dummy, but we had no luck. So, we set the trap on a nest and catched the ♀ which we banded and color banded and then released. We then proceeded to catch another ♀ and band her in the same manner. Then I came in to wash clothes and shower. Turned in at 2430. 23 June Worked on some more soil samples (see chapter 0800 study) and also removed the samples from the Burland funnel and made preparations for collecting 16 more samples, #21 through 30 this afternoon. 1330 Steve M., Tom C. and I left in the