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P. DeBeauidis
(196c)
Tanner
20 August Meade River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°27'N, Alaska
West overcast. A group of about 15
westerly plume-winged Golden Plovers flew
over the creek creek area, calling,
a little, and there were 2 peckal
and a dudulin along the mud; they
flew off when I approached. Noctilu
along the creek, beet white-crows
+ Savannah Sparrow still due.
Sweet groups of Longspurs. In
the part of (illegible) by CO2 there were
6-7 peckal, a [illegible] dudulin, and
a dudulin flying about but not
landing. In the afternoon went
along the river & to the dinner,
then inland over the pool tundra
in the oxbow area, and back to
camp. 10 Carrion on South
Ridge about 11PM, disappearing to
the NW. Nothing along the river
on the dinner except Scotland Longspur.
In land on the marshy tundra there
were two golden plovers feeding on
a upland Dizas ridge and at Cent
2 dudulin and 5 peckal, all scottish
in their numbers. Only 1-2 Taegar and
a few gull due west. Most of them
seem to be close to camp and migration