Alaska field notes, v4411
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39 352a. Northern Bald Eagle. A pair stayed around the mouth of the creek. 375c. Dusky Horned Owl (?) I spent the most of one afternoon following a mob of crows which were chasing a large owl. I got several good views of the owl but could not get close enough to get a shot. 401a. Alaska Three-toed Woodpecker. Mr. Littlejohn shot one while we were eating dinner at an altitude of 2000 ft. on the mountain. Mr. Rosenberg saw another. 478. Steller Jay - Not common. 489. Northwest Crow. Abundant. The young were just out of the nest and were very noisy. The old ones gathered clams and other marine life on the tide flats. I watched one crow break a particularly large clam by dropping it on a rock while he was 25 or 30 feet above it. It took several trials.