Alaska field journal and species accounts, v4466
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Journal July 11 (cont) the stomach contents without further digestion. Also a phaloscope nest with nestlings was found but not taken. A clear day but overcast. Wind was from the N.E. July 13 - St. Barrow, Alaska; Started on the colony about 10:30 working until after lunch, Hines, Sullivan & went to set traps in lines I, II, III & IV. Very nice day, warm breeze but slightly overcast. Holmes & Waller took Tracy I. Storer & his wife on a small tour of the Tundra. The Storers arrived the 12th and are staying with some people here for a few days, just on a visit. The lines have lost much of the water that was evident earlier between polygons. We will have to check line VI & VII to see if it would be possible to run them. I finished the colony upon returning. Something I should have noted earlier, in fact two things; one is that there are two litters being taken care of in the lemming colony, one from a pair of breeders and another from a female who was brought in from the village & had the litter the same night. Another fact is that in some 13 lemmings brought in from the village 2073 were very young, suggesting that some young are running around. July 14 - St. Barrow, Alaska; Very warm morning, heater had to be turned off immediately in the colony and windows opened. After doing some of the routine work, Dave came by and suggested a much faster way of doing the routine work, which I decline to use simpler & actually, faster. Also Dave wants to run a test on 10 lemmings (y-34),