Alaska field notes, v4411
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Glacier Bay Alaska June 27 - July 10 In point of specimen this is the best place that we have struck yet. Meadow mice, shrews, red-backed mice and pine squirrels are common and porcupines seem to be fairly common back in the woods away. Indian dogs run wild all thru the woods. Marmots seem to be very rare on this, the east side of the bay; evidently the result of Indian + Indian dogs. Black bear are scattered thru the wood but are scarce as are the brown bear one of which was killed with her cub. We have seen no bats here. Hasselborg saw signs of minks and other back towards the mountain 7 or 8 miles on the river near the lakes. We have found several species of birds here that we have not found elsewhere. Parasitic jaegers are following the Arctic Terns about while Kittlitz Murrelet are very