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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