Alaska field notes, v4434
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Maly 1959 Larus hyperboreus June 17 One seen in evening along river. One also during day along ocean. They are much scarcer here than formerly + more seen on Tundra + almost never my fly camp. June 18 Gull flying along river in evening. June 22 21? On reconnaissance flight yesterday. Found a colony of Glaciers Gulls. A small island on a good sized lake along N. fork of Kubuk River. 80+ Gulls sitting on the island. We buzzed it. There were nests scattered over its surface at make 20-30 feet intervals, nests were piled up water style i.e. [illegible] get count of nests but roughly 40 would be a good guess. July 21 Gulls have been largely absent until past few days when I have seen them flying along river + saw a flock forward delta. Today I counted 16 in the delta area. Aug 3 Large flock of 60+ gulls started hanging about delta + lower river bars on July 26+. Flock has grown large since. There must be 200 of them around. The big attraction appears to be the salmon running in the river. These first seen by Tom Donald at river mouth on July 27.