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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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5-15°C - Kadiak Pine grosbeak (?)
I secured 6 pine grosbeaks on the
morning of June 25 at an altitude of
about 1800 feet. They were feeding in
the underbrush among a thick tangle
of "wirdfalls". This was at the lower
edge of the snow and the small plants
and shrubs were just coming up and
the grosbeaks were feeding on tender weeds
mainly, altho two had their mouths and
throats full of green caterpillars about ½
inch long. The flight of these birds
was similar to that of the black-headed
grosbeak but the song was characteristically individual but still had a strong
grosbeak accent to it. One ♂ was in the
bright red plumage while all were in
breeding condition.
523 Alutian Leucostictes (?)
Several leucostictes were seen feeding
around the rock slides and snow banks
near the summit of the mountain
and one was shot with a rifle. I had
2 good shots at one and saw several
but failed to secure a specimen.