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Journal
July 14 (cont')
Second time it passed, I waited for it to fly over my head
and turned to shoot it going away but I looked directly
into the sun. The third time it returned, it was with
its mate. This time, I hit it when it was directly
overhead. Actually, I could have gotten both if I
had not been concentrating so much on one I was a
little cautious about shooting twice when I didn't know
what they were for sure. Upon closer examination, it
was a Red-throated Loon. Hinosis putty up the skin.
I finished up the colony that date afternoon & evening.
July 15, Pt. Barrow, Alaska;
Hinosis Muller left for the Snake River at 0700 via the
float plane. I worked some on the colony while Sullivan
checked the trap lines. The colony took longer than I
expected, due to a lot of weighing and since it was Sunday,
I didn't much else after dinner except check traps with Sullivan
July 16 Pt. Barrow, Alaska
Sullivan checked the traps while I started the work on the
colony. Before I actually started, I served the
lemmings in Mike's colony, trading him six
of mine, which were near in weight (30-40 gms) for
5 pregnant females. I set the females in a
deep type of individual cage that Mike had.
A new litter was born today, of nine pups, after doing
well. After lunch, I borrowed Dick's weasel
and went to Voth Area to gather some dry grass