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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