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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.