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Maker
1959
Journal
Incident: From then walked upstream to the
Dyfalum meet. I headed downstream &
explored the mouth of the river. The shore-
bird concentration in the delta was very
disappointing. No new shorebird species showed
up—only a few Sanderling. A Sharp-shelled
landed by me on one of the ralets in
the delta.
Saw a male Shorelby along one small
lake adjacent to the river. These were the
only surprises.
There is an old coking house on the
E. edge of the river—the few adjacent
mounds look as if they are the remains of
old sod huts.
Returned to the boat at 6 PM. You
didn't returned as I headed upstream
to meet him. Saw him coming as
I reached the top of the first ridge about
half mile downstream.
Area between river & first ridge, north
to shore & S to first ridge is about
1/2 square mile.
[illegible] Latineges Ewin. Today was to be the day
the plane came. Or so we thought. It
was cloudy & relatively still when we got
up this morning. I took advantage of the
lack of wind to burn the track we