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P. DeBenedictis
1965
June 11
Barrow, Alaska
present and now quite a few Semipalm; the Turnstone
have moved out, the Fox Sparrows still present;
the morning spent processing lemmings, much of
the afternoon on the tundra, walking out to close
corner of Family hoggon with Steve McClean.
Hogpuses are noticeably moving in and there
are constantly more shorebirds present - 1st Baird's
Tailed Phalarope seen today and Sabine's Gull +
Short-eared Owl. Found a Snowy Owl nest and
a Tree Sparrow. Saw a few dark colored chicks at
drivers Tuir. About 8 went out with Dr. P. tellsa in a
weasel along the gas line to Gasoline Ridge.
The sky was, as most of the day, very overcast and
a strong wind blew from the east. There was little
activity and no concentration of birds, the small
birds being very spread out; the larger ones very
spread out. There is still a core of gulls in the
North area but few jaeges. Snowy Owls quite spread
out. Still shorebirds coming in.
June 12 went out to the Beech ridge in the blowing with D. Hullin
to catch lemmings & get a lesson in weasel driving.
We saw little on the way out and only 4 Pemelus
on the ridge; it was blowing strongly from the west and there were one Snow
Flennies (possibly the same Tux to practice). The
lemmings were fairly easy to catch & we
got 10+ saw 4-6 other in a Nana area. Scribe