P. DeBenedictis 1965 June 10 Barrow, Alaska went out in the A.M. about 10, about 2PM and about 7 PM to check around the ARH; the snow is visibly melting and much more soil is being exposed; lemming runway systems are appearing in the snow. I saw both the Fox Sparrow & the White-c. that turned up yesterday and the 1st few shorebirds around the lab area; didn't look at the pack ice area. There seem to be more dispersion among the shorebirds, and the shorebirds were not found until the evening check; read during the morning and in the afternoon helped Dr. P. Hekla process lemmings. About 7:30 Dr. P. Hekla, S. McCleant & I went out towards the Central Wash - Wishhog Slough area, seeing #s of jaegers and quite a few Snowy Owls along with the first few shorebirds. There were 2 large concentrations of jaegers & we had 7 Snowy Owls in sight at one time. The weather was variable during the day, winds from the east, wet with sc. snow flurries of short duration and some fog. The tundra as compared to yesterday is much more open, no a little drift-ice remaining and beginning runways appearing. Saw no lemmings on its surface but saw several kills being made. The tundra was almost quitl except for a short period of sunshine. Got back about 10:15 and spent the rest of the evening with notes. June 11. about 9:30 went out in the panel area behind the ARH; the snow continues to melt off and more gross is exposed: this are clearly more longspurs