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P. DeBenedetti
1965
I arrived
29 July Cape Thompson to Barrow to Heade River, Alaska.
It and its Wheatears were gone when I came back
2 hrs. later. The oiled colony unchanged and couldn't
get to the Crystal corm nest. Saw 2 Black Guillemots,
but nothing else odd. The hike back was uneventful &
still no Lefano. getting lots of butterflies and plants
I haven't seen before.
30 July The 30th the plane was due in the A.M., so went
went butterfly collecting. Cold & it didn't get much.
Saw more pectorals than Before (not little else
(another Semipal. Sandpiper). No unusual birds except
a dead Glaucous-winged gull, which I saved. The
plane came about noon & then went to Kitzbuee &
back. The flight back was uneventful, except for
the well over loaded take-off and landing, and
we got to Barrow about 8 P.M. The whole
trip was really great. I got a new flower
in the area, and feel I really understand
more about