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Gilmae EMPEROR GOOSE (4)
1931
Oct. 15 Akutan Bay, Akutan Is. E. Aleutian
As I came down off the ridge today
in a heavy S. E. rain storm I saw
about a dozen geese fly up the bay
& the head. Their flight down wind
was veering and wavering. There was
no mistaking the identity of the
light gray bodies. The next morning,
I went down to the ponds and
creeks where I supposed I might
find them, but they were not there.
Evidently they had stopped only
long enough to get enough fresh
water and then went out again.
Oct. 24 Akun Straits, E. Aleutian Is.
While hunting in the rocky, reef
lined narrow strait today we saw
two flocks of Emperor Geese, one of
five and the other of three indiv.
dividuals. Both flocks were sitting on
the wet rocks adjacent to the water
and as the flock of five took wing
upon our approach, we successfully
crowed up to the flock of three and
secured all. Hugh and Paul Mac-
Luskan were my companions in the