May 17 Barrow-Alaska Up for Breakfast. In morning finished cutting tusk & oiled pieces. Packed one piece for shipment to Seth B. Wrote field note from trip up to date. May 16 Journal the Drum. Along the river, we saw 2 Owls - a male on the river at the point where the trail reached it. A female was seen 1½ mile downstream. These were not paired. There was no sign of a nest in the male, & the fact that the female was not sitting & flew off readily at our approach I think rules out the idea that owls were breeding. A total of about 10 ptarmigan were seen along the river. A group of 7, 5 with dark breasts, necks, etc., & 2 almost white with tinct of brown in neck? (?) . Feeding together. Three other (?) seen in group - some signs of hostility among them. One was seen to charge another. Return trip in 2 hours +, nothing seen. Happy hour at Brewers - read most of evening & finishing the cutting of the large mammoth tusk.