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P. De Benedichis
1965
22 July
Barrow, Alaska
birds until I was out near HABS. Here I found that
one of the semipal nest was hatching, the Pcttral Keet
had hatched (young in the nest) and located all the
semipals I knew to have made it. Nests 11+12
Dad hatched earlier and there was a dead chick
in 11. Nest 23 was cold, 4 eggs. I ran back to the
lab to get my camera to photograph the pectral chicks
and right by the animal hut I found a very dead
walble that appears to be Wilsonia canadensis.
I took the camera out to the pectral nest + photographed the chicks + 2. In the afternoon went to
the Vothana to check nests. All checked were
empty and several semipal (with young) were noted
along the road. There was a huge group of Plovers
near IV-B and I walked a transect there.
Walked VI-III, getting Pcttrals and 2 phalarope
and saw a few more plovers, then came back and
walked IIIA-B, finding 2 of dunlin (with chicks?)
and seeing several semipals. The gaegeen don't
appear to have hatched and some evidence of nut
predation found. No evidence of phalarope
hatching. There were a few Glareous geell
on the ridge south of South Self hogoon including
a few puzzling cinnamates. Stayed in the evening
writing monolo. Movie was "BoLite", which was
good! There was little evidence of eider flight until the evening
when shots from duck camp + several flecks on the lead attracted to it.