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Molly Island
mpson
263.
Yellowstone June 26, 1932.
Trip to Molly Island. Party of:
Mr. Madsen, Miller & Foster;
Mr. Madsen, Al Elliott, Frank Anderson,
Thompson.
Young Calif Gulls were running
all over the island. Some got in
the water & swam about; Young
Pelicans, still naked, were out.
But the hatching was not
complete in either gull or pelican
colonies.
Census disclosed the following:
Pelican nests
103
" eggs
58
" young
121
Sixty-nine young gulls were banded.
Bandnumbers were 618632 - 618709 inc.
The lake had risen so much
that the southwest Canada goose nest
was flooded. All geese nests were
empty. One cormorant nest
still had 1 egg. Two cormorants
were seen flying away as we [illegible]
arrived. Terns / Terns were again seen, also 2 Skullets, Phalaropes
& Spotted Sandpipers (these latter
three on Pelican Island!)