Alaska field notes, v4434
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Mable 1959 Journal To comp. armed 10.30 p.m. Tilled until midnight + went to sleep. Birds seen: 4 Parnos 1 Wheatear Pipit - flock of 14-16 on alluvial fan. Singles commonly. Jaegers: Whistler, crab pair, both dark, one chick. Coke (Coke) pair, 1 dark, 1 light, 2 chicks. Jaeger chicks could fly well. Aug. 17 Peters Lake, Alaska Camp was aroused at 7.00 A.M. by Frank Leavitt who was doing the cooking. Clear, calm day. After breakfast took one boat + began visiting the shrike nests. They are distributed around the lake on the few tall willows which grow along the streams tumbling down the fans. Visited one across the lake (#2) Els Clarke showed me the location. Then visited #7 across the lake again on the camp side. After lunch visited #5 on head end of lake and finally #6 on N. end. of lake. Spent an hour looking for the last one. Across from it was a small lake or a tennee above Peters. I located the or way in