DeBenedictis 1966 Journal - 3 16 May Barrow, Alaska Finally got a pair of boots and the rest of the equipment I need to begin to function in the field. The gun situation was not good, got a .410 shotgun + 2 boxes of shells, which should hold me until early June the way things are going. Rae bunting singing in camp today. In the AM took weasel 385 out to Pitelka's causer plot paralleling the Beach Ridge. Nothing. The ridge is about 97% to show covered except on Pitelka's plot, where it is only 95% covered. The low areas are out of the question - I suppose there is 9-10" of snow on Central Marsh. The exposed areas are bare, a moss-lichen covered and with a little grass. In the afternoon went to footprint lake and Gasline Ridge. The areas here is 95% covered, even on the ridge. Saw once (? old) Weasel prints and some twice ? dog prints on the snow and found an owl wound which has been used within the last 1+ months, as scatia is on top of the snow here. A few petasites and pedicularis stalks above the snow. Both area almost all under snow, to 20" in places, except for oil cans. Coming in saw 16 King Eiders (8 pairs), and a flock of about 35-45 Snow Buntings, three feeding along the edge of S Salt Lagoon. Nothing new in camp.