Alaska field journal and species accounts, v4466
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17. Journal 29 June of utilizing the metabolic cages have been established. After lunch, Director Brewer asked "nicely" if someone would conduct some amateur ornithologists over the tundra. Mr & Mrs. Wm. Stirling came over about 1530 with map. Had difficulty in obtaining a weasel. Mullen returned for with this & came along since he was returning to collect a Drake Spectacled Eider near AACS. The 5? [illegible] including Childs left about 1540. Dave collected the Spectacled on the way out and then we breded for Central Marsh. Two lemmings were caught, one was injured during capture and died later. Returned about 1730. Took the two lemmings to the animal house for food & water. After dinner checked traplines. A slight fog started moving in about 1700 but stayed along the coast. Rick Ashley caught a least weasel in the Barrel Area. It was taken to aviology for us but escaped within our lab. I set 4 line traps with lemming carcasses for bait. It was caught within an hour. It will be preserved as a skin. About 2200 I checked the lemming colony and gave more food to a lemming on a special diet. 30 June Barrow, Alaska Checked traplines III A,B, and IV A,B. Returned and helped Steve Holland finish the colony work. Wrote some notes after lunch and then skinned a lemming. After dinner, Steve Lozinski and I checked lines again. It had started to rain lightly about 1700. It rained