Alaska Catalogue and Journal, v4423
Page 63
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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