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P. DeBenedictis
1965
19 June
Barrow, Alaska
Broke up and a few sized group of gulls was
present. Most of the Dunlin in the area had
disappeared but we followed Dr. Pitelka, who
was in a collecting wood and may have had
something to do with this. Saw all the regular,
except Baird's Sandp. and display of
all but Red Phalarope. No groups of jaeges.
In addition to the birds listed we heard 3-4
groups of ? Oldsquaw flying SW way above
the cloud layers. Spent the evening writing
notes. Saw a loon giving calls; chicken like
clicking noises flying N one ARL about 10 PM but
it was too far away to identify.
20 June
Spent the A.M. in ARL as the wind has gone
back to the E and it was snowing in the morning;
About 1:30 pm went back to the VOTH area with
Hamilton, more to watch birds than to record
anything - it proved to be a nice day, as the
wind had dropped, then came up about 7 and
died down again. We covered about the same
area as yesterday and there were notable
changes; hummingbirds were less in evidence
and Jaegers were so. There were almost no
White-crowned present and more Turnstones,
Plowers and Phalaropes; the outstanding feature
of the day however was the offshore water-
bowl flight: almost everytime we looked out any