Alaska Catalogue and Journal, v4423
Page 447
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DeBevechel 1960 Travell 18 August Meacle River Coal Mine, 15°25'W, 20°27'N, has Dunlin, which was feeding actively like semipals, pecking a jabber's [illegible] at the water's edge. One teen fisher being along the river. Four Parasitic Jaegers flew over. On the way back saw 2 Pectorals and a dunlin at the mouth of village creek. A large group of gulls, which spent most of the day on the mire just opposite the coal mine. They kept pursuing over the wildebeest as if they were getting something to eat them, but I never saw a copeter. When they strayed from the area, a pair of Parasitic jaegers would attack this violently, and at least once grounded a gull temporarily. Later in the day the jaeger roosted at the edge of the gull flock. In the evening Art and I went tramping across the river to [illegible], [illegible] (N) to the 72 Houret area. Saw 2 pectorals in the marsh across the river, and heard a dunlin across the river. We had a neat nice sunset again for a change, but it really getting dark now. Got weather data from Phil Johnson.