Journal, insect samplings, and species accounts from Alaska, v4400
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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