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Beaver
1967
Alaska
Journal 28
27 June (cont.)
Trap #3 - 8, Traps #4 - 6, Trap #5 - 9,
Trap #6 - 2. Steve panged the insects off
the board with my knife. We noticed that the
"tangle foot" material is coming off as a film
or may be dissolving in the water that gets on
the boards. After checking the traps, we walked
west around the edge of [illegible] to look
for Sandpipers. We did not see any! The place
is quite! We decided to head back.
1615 We are now just south and about 500 yds. west
of the AACS Buildings, and we have just
sighted 4 Buff-breasted Sandpiper males doing
displays. (See game accounts) We watched
them display for a while and then continued
on in.
1635 We are about 20 yds (or possibly 30) from
Baird nest #5 and we just found a
new Baird nest with two eggs. Both the
birds displayed and called while we looked
at the nest. We checked nests #'s 5 & 8 (See
Booboo nesting activity) and also #9 to discover
a Semipalmated Sandpiper on the nest. So this
nest is definitely not a Baird's! I Dr.
Fielber west of me and went over to tell him
about the Buff B. Sandpipers. He had just
found two Semipalmated SP nest by walking